Index  to  General  Orders  and  Circulars, 

HEAD-QUARTERS   FIRST   DIVISION, 

NATIONAL   GUARD,  STATE   OF   NEW   YORK. 

1867-1882. 


ABSEXCE  OF  OFFICERS  FROM  DIV.  PAR- 
ADES, Etc.  to  be  reported, 

Circ.  Nov.  9th  &  20th,  18C9 

ACTIVE  SERVICE. 

Orders  for G.  O.  12,1870 

G.  O   10,  1871 

G.  O.  6&7,  1877 

Rendition  of  bills  and  pay-rolls 

for Circ.  Aug.  Cd,  1877' 

(Special  orders  were  issued  for  July  I  zth,  1871  ) 

ALEXIS,  GRAND  DUKE  OF  RUSSIA. 

Phrade  on  reception  of G.  O.  7  &  13, 

and  Circ.  4, 
ANNUAL  INSPECTIONS. 


Ordered 


Relative  to. 


G.  0.7. 

.Circ.  Sept.  2.5, 

G.  O.  3. 

G.  O.  2, 

G.  O.  9, 

G.  0.7. 


APPOINTMENTS,   PROMOTIONS,   &c.. 
DIVISION   STAFF. 

Hamblin,  Joseph  E., 

as  Inspector G.  O.  3, 

as  A.  A.  Gen'l G.  O.  6, 

remarks  on  resignation  of,  G.0. 13, 
Smith,  George  W.,  as  Engineer, 

(declined) G.  O.    3, 

Oakey,  John,  as  Jndge  Adv.,  G.  O.    3, 

McMillan,  Cuas,  as  Surgeon,  G.  O.    3, 

Bend,  Wm.  B.,  as  Q'r-M'r  ...G  O.    3, 

^      FowLEu,  John.  Jr. 

as  Major  and  A.  D.  C. 

as  Ord.  Officer 

as  Inspector 

as  A.  A.  Gen'l 

as  Ord.  Officer 

as  Judge  Advocate. . . 
DiGGS,D.WM.,asMaj.&A.D.C.  G.O.  3, 
MoMahon,  Martin  T.,  aslnsp.,  G.  O.C. 

remarks  on  resignation  of,  G.  0. 13, 
Allen,  Vanderbilt,  as  Eng.,  G.  O.  0, 
Donaldson,  John  J., 

as  Maj.  and  A.  D.  C G.  O.  0, 

as  Com.  of  Sub.,   G.  0.8, 

as  Ord.  Officer G.O.  13, 


1871 
1871 

1^78 
1878 
1879 
1880 
1881 
1868 

ON 


. .  G.  O,  3, 
. .  G.  O.  6, 
. .  G.  O.  8, 
..(i.  0. 13, 
.  G.  O.  1, 
...G.O.  5, 


1807 
18C.7 
1808 

1867 
1867 
1867 
1867 

1807 
1807 
1808 
1808 
1871 
1872 
1807 
1867 
18(i8 
1867 

1867 
18(i8 
18;8 


Chesebrough.  Wm.  H., 

as  Com.  of  Sub., G.  O.  10,  1867 

as  Ord.  Officer, G.  O.  8,  1868 

as  Inspector G.  O.  13,  1868 

as  A.  A.  Gen'l G.  O.  5,  1870 

JUSSEN,  C!arL, 

as  Maj.  &  A.  D.  C, G.  O.  8, 1868 

as  Qr.  M'r.  &  Actg.  A.D.C.,  G.  O.  1,  1873 

as  Inspector (J.  O.  12.  1874 

detailed  as  Actg.A.A.Gen'l,  G.O.  3,  187 > 

Mcf.'LURE,  George,  as  Qr.  Mr.,  G.O.  13, 1808 

ViLMAR,  Frederick, 

as  Com.  of  Sub., G.  0.13,1808 

Wagstafp,  Alfred, 

as  Maj.  and  A.  D.  C G.  O.  13,  1868 

Fairgrieve,  James, 

as  Capt.  and  A.  D.  C G.  O.  13,  1868 

Teller,  Daniel  W., 

as  Chief  of  Artillery G.  O.  2,  1870 

Lawrence,  Wm.  II.,  as  Inspector, 

(failed  to  qualify) G.  O.  .5,  1870 

LiEBENAU,  J.  Henry, 

as  Inspector G.  O.  8, 1870 

detailed  as  Actg.A.A.Gen'l,  G.O.  8,  1872 

Kearney,  Henry  S.,  as  Eng.,  G.  O.  8,  1870 

Fairgrieve,  Thomas, 

as  Capt.  and  A.  D.  C G.  O.  8 


1870 
.G.  0.5,  1872 


as  Maj.  and  A.  D.  C. 

Mechan,  John, 

as  Maj.  and  A.  D.  C G.  O.  11,  1870 

as  Ord.. Officer, G.  O.  5,  1872 

as  Engineer G.  O.  1, 1874 

O'Beirne,  James  R.,  as  Qr.  Mr., 

(failed  to  qualify) G.  O.  9,  1871 

Wrisley,  Frank, 

as  Com.  of  Sub., G.  O.  9,  1871 

Probst,  John  D., 

as  Capt.  and  A.  D.  C, G.  O.  8,  18:2 

as  Maj.  and  A.  D.  C, G.  O.  1,  1873 

as  Onl.  Officer, G.  0. 12, 1874 

Parker,  Henry  II., 

as  Capt.  and  A.  D.  C, G.O.  1,  1873 

as  Maj.  and  A.  I).  C, (J.  O.  12,  1874 

detail  as  Actg.  Insp.<if  R.P.,  G.  O.  3,  1875 

Porter,  Josiaii,  Col.  22d  Regt., 

detail  as  Actg.  Ch'f  of  Art.,    G.O.  1, 18:3 
relieved    "      *  "        "        G.  O.  1,  1876 

Cheesman,  T.  Matlack, 

as  Surgeon G.  O.  1,  1874 


^ 


:'  o  3  r:<^s 


2 


Mitchell,  O.  B., 

ns  Old.  ( )fflcer, G.  0. 1 ,  1874 

as  Iiisp.  of  Rifle  Practice. . .  .G.0. 12, 1H74 

as  Chief  of  Artillery G.0. 1, 1870 

absence  of  as  Heferee  Team 

Am.  Riflemen U.O.?>.  187.5 

GiLDEHSLEEVE.  HeNUT  A., 

as  A.  A.  (ien'l G.  O.  13,  1871 

absence  of  as  Cajit.  Team 

Am.  Riflemen (i.  O.  3,  187.5 

Belknap,  Augui^tits,  Jr., 

as  Capt.  and  A.  D.  C,  . . .  G.  O.  12,  1874 

as  Maj.  and  A.  D.  C, G.  O.  14,  1874 

as  ( )rd.  ( )nicer (i.  O.  2,  1877 

Van  Slyck,  (iEo.  W., 

as  (Jr.  M'r G.  O.  13,  1871 

PcsT,  Charles  A., 

as  Capt.  and  A.  D.  C G.  O.  14,  1874 

as  Maj.  and  A.  D.  C, G.  O.  1,  1870 

as  Ord.  OfHcer G.O.  10, 1877 

Sheldon,  Alvanu.s  W., 

as  Judge  Advocate G.O.I,  187ti 

Fauwell,  W.B., as  ln8p.ofR.P.,  G.O.  1,1870 
Alligeu,  Elijah. 

as  Capt.  and  A.  D.  C., G.O.  1,  1876 

as  Maj.  and  A.  B.  C G.  O.  2,  1877 

Van  Winkle,  Edgar  B, 

as  Engineer G.  O.  4,  1870 

Barron,  John  C,  as  Surgeon,  G.  O.  7,  1870 
Paine,  Augustus  G.,  as  Qr. M'r., G.O.  7, 1870 
Sanford,  E.  Harrison, 

as  Insp.  of  R.  P G.  O.  1 ,  1877 

Andrews,  John  R..  as  C!apt.  and  A.U.C., 

(failed  to  qualify),  G.O.  2, 1877 

as  Gnpt.  and  A.  D.  C G.  O.  10,  1881 

as  Maj.  and  A.  D.  C G.  O.  4,  1H82 

IsELiN,  John  II., 

as  Capt.  and  A.  D.  C G.  O.  4,  1877 

as  Maj.  and  A.  D.  C G.  O.  10,  1877 

Boughton,  Wm.  De  L., 

as  Capt.  and  A.  D.  C; G.O.  10,  1877 

as  Maj.  and  A.  0.  C, G.  O.  10,  1878 

as  Ord.  Officer G.  O.  4,  1882 

Masters,  Hilbert  B., 

as  Capt.  and  A.  D.  C, G.  O.  10,  1878 

as  Maj.  and  A.  D.  C G.  O.  10,  1881 

Mitchell,  Edward, 

as  Judge  Advocate G.  O.  13,  1881 

Bell,  Lawson  B., 

a«  Capt.  and  A.  D.  C G.  O.  4,  1882 

Wood.Edavard  T.,  as  Qr.  M'r.,  G.  O.  0, 1882 

ARMORIES. 

Relative  to  heating  and  lighting 

of,  etc Circ.  Aug.  31,  1878 

ARMS,  &c. 

Relative  to  collection  of,  in  hands 

of  unauthorized  persons. .  .G.  O.  6,  186S 
Inpection  of Circ.  Sept.  25,  1878 


ASSEMBLY  OF  DIVISION. 

Signal  for,  wlien  services  are 

required G.  O.  10,  1868 

BATTERIES. 

A,  D,  F,  G  and  I,  1st  Art'y,  con- 

solidated as  G  (separate).. G.  O.  1.5,  1869 

B,  C  and  K  (afterwards  1st  Bat- 

tery), 1st  Arfy,  made  inde- 
pendent commands G.  O.  1.5,  1809 

n,  1st  Art'y,  transferred  to  1st 

Brig.  Cav.  as  Tioop  TI. . .  .G.  O,  1.5.  1869 

C  and  a  disbanded G.  O.  0,  1874 

BILLS  OF  DRESS. 

Approval  of  to  be  obtained Circ.  1,  1S70 

CENTENNIAL  CEREMONIES  AT 

PlilLADELPIIIA (Mr.  Dec.  20,  187.5 

CENTER  MARKET  ARMORY. 
Unlawful  occupation  of  by  96th 

Inf G.  O.  4  and  7,  1874 

CLARK,  EMMONS,  Col.  7th  Inf. 
(Commanding  brigade,  to  resume 

command  of  reg't,  G.  0. 1, 187.5  &  111,  1880 
COLORS. 

Regiments  to  parade  with G.  O.  II,  1867 

COMPLIMENTARY  LETTERS. 
On    parades    of    tlie    Division, 

&c Circ.  July  26,  1869 

Circ.  3,  1871 

G.  O.  6,  1878 

Circ  Jan.  5,  1882 

CONKLING,  F.  A.,  Col.  84th  Inf. 

(Charges  against,  etc G.  O.  12,  1871 

CONSOLIDATION    AND    REDUCTION    OF 
ORGANIZATIONS. 
Batteries  A,  D,  F,  G  and  1, 1st  Art'y, 

into  Battery  G  (separate). .G.  O.  1.5,  1869 
Battalion  Washingtou  Grey  Cav'y 

into  one  troop G.  O,  1.5,  1869 

37tli  Inf.  reduced  to  a  battalion  of 

six  companies G.  O.  7,  1870 

79th  Inf.  reduced  to  u  battalion  of 

six  companies G.  O,  7,  1870 

1st  Cav.  reduced  to  eight  comp.G.  O,  7,  870 
3d  Cav.  reduced  to  eight  comp.G.  O.  7,  1870 
37th  Inf.  with  71st  Inf.  and  reduction 

to  SIX  companies  revoked.  .G.  O  9,  1870 

Ist  Cav.,  Troops  E  and  I G.  O.  13,  1870 

.Sd  Cav.,  Troops  C  and  D G.O.  13,  1870 

1st  Inf.  reduced  to  a  battalion  of  six 
companies,  and  companies  D  in- 
to E,  and  F  into  B G.  O.  10,  1873 

1st  Cav.  Troop  B  into  C,  and  trans- 
ferred to  3d  Cuv.  (sec  disband- 
menis) G.  O.  6,  1874 


COHKE^PONDENCE.  OFFICIAL  MILITARY. 
Relative  to  publication  of,  Circ.  Oct.  !),  1ST8 
Relative  to  endorsement  of. 

etc Circ.  June  10,  1S7!» 

Relative  to    orderi?,   record 

books,  etc (J.  O.  2,  IS(i7 

COURTS  MARTIAL.  DIVISION. 
(For  Delinquencies). 
Orders  convening. 

G.  O.  1-2  &  14. 18(i9;  2,  1H71:  1  &3, 1872; 

2,  1873;   3,  1874;  2.  187.'>;  2,  1870; 

3,  1877;    2,  1878;  2,  1879;  1,  1880; 
1,  18S1;  1,  1882. 

Review  of  proceedinjrs  of, 

G.  0.0,1871;    3,1872;    8,1873;    8,1874; 
.'5,  187.5  ;  8,  1870  ;    !>,  1877  ;    r,,  1878 
(Reviewed  in  .special  orders  since  1878). 

COURTS    MARTIAL,   FOR    TRIAL   OF   EN- 
LISTED MEN. 
Review  of  proceedin;^  of G.  O.  .5,  1874 

COURTS  MARTIAL,  GENERAL,  FOR  TRIAL 
OF  OFFU^ERS. 
Orders  convenin<r, 

G.  O.  4,  1807;    2,  18(58;    1,   .5   &  7,   1809; 
8,  1871;  11    &   13,   1872;    3,   1874; 
8,  1878;   1  &  8,  1879;   2,  1881. 
Review  of  proceedings  of  in  case  of 
Brennan,  -Michael,  Capt.  Co.  A, 

C9th  Inf G.  O.  4,  1879 

BuLTMAN,  John  C,  Capt.  Co.  H, 

3d  Cav G.  O.  9,  1878 

Coleman,  Hugh,  Capt.  Co.  E,  69th 

Inf G.  O.  9,  1879 

DiEUL,  John  J.,   Lieut.-Col.   Ist 

Art'y G.  O.  3,  1809 

Faruab,  William  II.  Col.  37th 

Inf G.  O.  9,  1867 

And  appeal  of  from  findings, 

etc G.  O.  1,  1808 

Gerner,  Lewis,  Capt.  Co.  F,  .5th 

Inf (i.  O.  9,  1878 

(iuTHEiL,  Geo.  C,  1st  Lieut.  Co.  I, 

mil  Inf (;.  O.  9,  1878 

Hartcorn.  John  II..  1st  Lieut. Co. 

H,  3d  Cav G.  O.  9,  1878 

Hemmer,  Peter,  Lieut.-Col.  9Gth 

Inf G.  O.  7,  1874 

HoRGAN,  Patrick  II.,  Capt.  Co.  C, 

09th  Inf G.  O.  4,  1881 

HoTMER,  Geo.  II.,  Capt.  Co.  B,  3d 

Cav G.  O.  9,  1878 

Kershaw,  Geo.  W.,  1st  Lieut.  Co. 

E,  71st  Inf G.  O.  9,  1878 

Kloeppel.  Frederick,  Maj.  90th 

Inf G.  O.  7,  1874 

Kreubiel,  John  1).,  Colonel  9Gth 

Inf G.  O.  8,  1809 


50^ 

■'  .McDonnell,  Martin,  Capt.  Co. 

H.  (i'Mh  Inf (i.  O.  .5,  ISSl 

McLaren.  Robert  A.,  1st  Lieut. 

Co.  C.  71st  Inf (i.  ().  9,  1S7,S 

Reid,  Thomas  M.,  Col.  2d    Inf.. 

(.;.().  .5,  IfSGS 

RosT,  Charles,  2d  Lieut.  Battery 

B G.  O.  3,  1873 

Stauf,  -Andrew,  Col.  9iith  Inf.. 

(;.().  7,  1S74 

TJnbekant,  Freijerick,  Lieut.- 
Col.  nth  Inf (i.  O.  14,  1871 

COURTS  MARTIAL,  GENERAL. 

Trial  of  officers  by,  ordered  on  charges  pre- 
ferred against 
Backer,  Leon,  2d  Lieut.  Co.  F, 
22d  Inf.,  (charges  withdrawn, 

etc.) G.  O.  8,  1879 

Vantine,  Martin  L.,  Capt.  Co.  C, 
71st  Inf.,  (charges  withdrawn, 
etc.) G.  O.  1,  1879 

COURT  OF  INQUIRY. 

Proceedings  of  in  inve^jtigation  of  charges, 
etc.,  preferred  against 
Capt.  Frank  S.  Belton,  Co.  II, 

71st  Inf G.  O.  8,  18S1 

GUSHING,  WM.  B.,  Capt.  69th  Inf. 

Reprimanded G.  O.  8,  isr;' 

DEATHS    OF   OFFICERS,  OFFICIALS,  &c., 
ANNOUNCED. 
See  "Funeral  Escorts." 

BoRGEB,    Louis,   Brig.-Gen'I,   2d 

Brig G.  O.  4,  1S71 

Garfield,  James  A.,   President 

U.  8 G.  O.  11,  ISSl 

Hamblin,  Jos.  E  ,  Bv't  Maj.-Gen'l 
U.  S.  Vol.,  late  Chief  of  Staff, 

1st  Div (J.  O.  6,  1870 

Reid,  Thomas   >I.,  Col.  2d   Inf., 

(J.  O,  10,  1869 

Varian,  J.  M.,  late  Brig.-(ien'l, 

2d  Brig G.  O.  5,  1882 

Vilmar,  Frederick,  Brig.-(jlen'l, 

2d  Brig G.  O.  8,  1880 

DECORATION  DAY. 

Invitation  to  participate  in  ceremonies 
on    and    observance    of,   etc.,   (see 

parades) Circ.  May  22  and  28,  1869 

Circ.  4,  1870,  and  Circ.  1,  1871 
DELINQUENCIES  OK  OFFICEKS. 

See  "  Absence,  &c.'" 
DISBANDMENTS      OF     ORGANIZATIONS 
ORDERED. 
At/Uler!/. 

First  Regiment G.  0.15,  1809 

Batter  ies  C  and  G G.  O.  0,  1874 

Battery  B.    (See  Gen.  Old.  G.  II.  Q.) 


Cavalry. 

First  Brigade G.  0. 13, 1870 

Third  Regiment G.  O.  9,  1880 

First  Battalion G.  O.  G,  1874 

Separate  'I  roop  A (i.  O.  3,  1881 

Troop  A,  First  Battalion G.  O.  6,  1874 

Infantry. 

Fourth  Brigade G.  O.  r ,  1869 

First  Regiment  (countermanded)  O.O.  9, 1873 

First        "        G.  O.  6,  1875 

Second    "         G.  0.15, 1869 

Third      "        G.  O.  2,  18G9 

Fonrth    "        G.  0. 15, 1869 

Fifth       "        (See  Gen.  Ord.  G.  11.  Q.) 

Sixth       "        G.  O.  fi,  187.5 

Fifty-fifth  Regiment G.  0. 10,  1875 

Seventy-ninth  "       G.  0. 10,  1875 

Eighty-fourth   ■       G.  0. 10, 1875 

Ninety-sixth    "         G.  0. 10, 1875 

DIVISION  IIE.\D-(iUAKTERS. 
See  "Fiist  Division,  &c.'' 

DIVISION  PARADES, 

See  "  Parades." 
DIVISION  STAFF. 

See  "  Appointments." 
Equestrian  exercise  l)y, 

ordered,  &c Circ.  Apr.  8,  1869 

DRILL  ROOM.     In  State  Arsenal. 

Circ.  Oct.  23  &  Nov.  15,  18!;9,  &  8,  1870 
EIGHTY-FOURTH  INFANTRY. 

Disbanded G.  O.  10,  1875 

ELECTION  DAY. 

Precautions  for  preservation  of 

the  peace  on.  .G.  0. 12,  1870,  &  (J.  O.  10,  1871 
ELEVENTH  INFANTRY. 

Armory  of G.  O.  4,  1874 

Transfer  of  from  Fourth  to 

Second  Brig G.  O.  15,1869 

ENDORSEMENT   &  MEMORANDA   BOOK. 

Rules  for  keeping  of G.  O.  2,  1867 

ENDORSEMENT  OF  LETTERS,  &c. 

Rules  for G.  O.  2,  1867 

and  Circ.  June,  19,  1879 

ENLISTMENT  PAPERS. 

Non  receipt  of Circ.  1,  1870 

EQUESTRIAN  EXERCISE. 

By  Division  Staff,  ordered.  .Circ.  Apr.  8, 1839 
"  Cavalry  organizations,  &C..G.  O.  13,  187J 
Officers  desiring  to  practice,  to 

make  application  for  usl'  of 

Rendezvous Circ.  4,  1873 

Proposed  formation  of  Military 

Club,  for Circ.  1,  1873 

EXEMPTIONS  from— 

Jury  duty G.  O.  3,  and  Circ.  5,  1870 

Taxation Circ.  1,  1870 


FARRAGUT,   DAVID    G.,  ADMIRAL    U.    S. 
NAVY. 

Funeral  obsequies  of G.  O.  10,  1870 

Invitation  to  participate  in  cere- 
monies of  unveiling  statue  of, 

Circ.  May  19,  1881 
FIFTH  INFANTRY. 

Transfer  from  Second  to  First 

Brigade G.  O.  10,  1875 

Disbandment  ordered.    (See  G.  O.  G.  H.  Q.) 

FIFTY-FIFTH  I^fFANTRY. 

Disbanded  G.  O.  10,  1875 

FIRST  ARTILLERY. 

Disbanded G.  O.  15,  1869 

FIRST  BATTALION  CAVALRY. 

Disbanded,  &c G.  O.  6.  1874 

FIRST  BRIGADE  CAVALRY. 

Disbanded G.  O.  13,  1870 

FIRST  RE(JIMENT  CAVALRY. 

Reduced  to  8  companies G.  O.  7,  1870 

Transferred  from  First  Brigade 

Cav.  to  First  Brig.  Inf G.  0. 13,  1870 

FIRST  DIVISION. 

Head -quarters  of, G.  O.  1,  3  &  8,  1807 

and  9,  1868 
FIRST  INFANTRY. 

Disbandment  ordered G.  O.  9,  1873 

Countermanded  and  reduced  to 

Battalion G.  O.  10,  183 

Dlsbanfled G.  O.  6,  1875 

Transferred  from  Third  to  First 

Brigade G.  O.  1.5, 1869 

Transferred  from  First  to  Third 

Brigade G.  O.  9,  1870 

FLAGS,  HEAD-QUARTERS. 

See  "Head-quarters  Flags,  &c." 

FOURTH  BRIGADE. 

Disbanded G.  0. 15, 1869 

FOURTH  INFANTRY. 

Di.sbanded G.  O.  1"),  1869 

FUNERAL  ESCORTS,  &c.    (See  Deaths,  &c.) 
Obsequies  of  Admiral  Farragut, 

U.  S.  N G.  O.  10,  1870 

GARFIELD,  JAMES  A.,  General    and    Presi- 
dent elect. 
Invitation  to  participate  in  inaugural 

ceremonies  of Circ.  Dec.  18,  1880 

GARFIELD,  JAMES  A.,  President  U.  S. 

Announcement  of  death  of,  etc.,  G.0. 11, 1881 
HEAD-QUARTERS  FLAGS. 

Description  of  for  Division  and  Brig- 
ades, and  use  of G.  O.  6,  1867 

"  HONORARY  '"  STAFF  OFFICERS. 

Prohibited G.  O.  3,  1871 


INAUGURAL  CEREMONIES. 

Invitation  to  participate  in,  Circ.  Dec.  18, 1880 
INSPECTION  OF  MILITARY  PROP- 
ERTY   Circ.  June  17,  1879 

INSPECTIONS,  ANNUAL. 

See  "Annual  Inspections." 

INSTRUCTION. 

In  use  of  sabre Circ.  Dec.  24,  1869 

Theoretical,  for  Gen'l,  Field  and 

Staff G.  O.  7  &  12,  1871,  and  12,  1872 

JURY  DUTY. 

Exemption  from,— lists  of  officers  and 
members  entitled  to,  to  be  fur- 
nished,   G.  O.  3,  and  Circ.  5,  1870 

KLEIN,  KARL,  Capt.  Separate  Troop  A. 
Complimentary  mention  of  on  retire-' 

ment  from  service G.  O.  3,  1881 

LA  FAYETTE,  MARQUIS  DE. 

Parade  in  honor  of  representatives 

of G.  O.  12,  1881 

LETTER  BOOKS. 

Rules  for  keeping  of. G.  O.  2,  1867 

LETTERS. 

Endorsement  of,  etc G.  O.  2,  1867 

MADISON  SQUARE. 

Troops  to  refrain  from  drilling 

on Circ.  May  11,  1867 

MARKSMAN'S  BADGE. 

See  "Rifle  Practice." 

MILITARY  ASSOCIATION,  S.  N.  Y. 
Guidons  and  medals  offered  by, 

Circ.  Nov.  28,  1868 
MILITARY  PROPERTY. 

In  hands  of  unauthorized  per- 
sons   G.  O.  6,  1868 

MILITARY  RIDING  CLUB. 

Proposed  formation  of Circ.  1,  1873 

MOUNTED  OFFICERS. 

Rendezvous  for  equestrian  exercise 

by Circ.  4,  1873 

MUSTER  ROLLS. 

To  be  forwarded  to  Division  Head- 
quarters   Circ.  Nov.  2,  1867 

NATIONAL  COLORS. 

Regiments  to  carry  on  parade,  G.  0. 11,  1867 
NATKJNAL  RIFLE  ASSOCIATION. 

Support  of,  urged Circ.  1,  1872 

NATIONAL  SALUTES  ORDERED. 

G.  0. 7, 1867;  3, 1868;    4, 1869:  4, 1870;  5, 1871 
7, 1872;  7, 1873;  11, 1874;  4, 187.5;  5, 1876 
NEVADA  BADGE. 

See  "  Rifle  Practice  " 
NINETY-SIXTH  INFANTRY. 

Disbanded G.  O.  10,  1875 

Unlawful  conduct  of G.  O.  4  and  7,  1874 


NINTH  INFANTRY. 

Transfer  of  from  Third  to  Second 

Brigade G.  O.  10,  187.") 

OFFICIAL  MILITARY  CORRESPONDENCE. 
See  "Correspondence,  &c." 

ORDERLIES    FOR    DIVISION   AND    BRIG- 
ADE  HEAD-QUARTERS G.  O.  6,  1869 

ORDER  BOOKS,  &c.,  = 

G.  O.  2,  1867 

ORDERS,  CIRCULARS,  &c.,  , 

Distribution  of,  etc., Circ.  3,  1872 

For  drills,  etc.,  to  be  forwarded  to 
Inspector-General  and  Chief  of 

Artillery Circ.  2  and  6,  1873 

For  drills,  etc.,  to  be  forwarded  to 
Insp. -Gen'l,  Chief  of  Artillery 
and  Div.  Head-Quarters.  .  ..Circ.  8,  1870 

PARADE  GROUNDS. 

Tompkins  Square  Circ.  Apr.  18,  1867 

Union  Square  Plaza G.  O.  9,  1876 

Proposed Circ.  2  and  3,  187a 

PARADE  RETLrRNS. 

Called  for Circ.  Nov.  27,  1868 

"     19,  1869 

PARADES  OF  DIVISION. 
Ordered  for — 

July  4,  1867 G.  O.  7,  1867 

Nov.  25,  1867 G.  O.  11,  1867 

July  4,  1868 G.  O.  3  and  4,  1868 

Nov.  25,  1868 G.  O.  11  and  12,  1868 

July  5, 1869, G.  O.  4,  and  Circ.  June 

15,  and  July  2G,  1869 

Oct.  6,  1869 G.  O.  9  and  11,  1869 

Nov.  25,  1869 G.  O.  13,  1869 

July  4, 1870, G.  0. 4,  and  Circ.  6, 1870 

Sept.  30,  1870 G.  O.  10,  1870 

Oct.  28,  1870 G.  O.  11,  1870,' 

and  Circ.  9,  1870 

July  4, 1871, G.  O.  5,  and  Circ.  2, 1871 

Nov.  20,  1871 G.  O.  7  and  13,  1871, 

and  Circ.  4,  1871 

May  30,  1872 G.  O.  4  and  6,  1873, 

and  Circ.  4  and  5,  1872 

July  4,  1872 G.  O.  7,  1872 

Oct.  10,  1872 G.  O.  10,  1872 

May  28,  187.3,  (countermanded), 

G.  O.  4,  1873 

June  3,  1873 (i.  O.  5,  1873 

July  4,  1873 G.  O.  6  and  7,  1S73 

May  27,  1874 G.  O.  9,  18;4, 

and  Circ.  1,  1874 
July  4.  1874 G.  O.  10  and  11,  1874, 

and  Circ.  3,  1874 

July  4,  18:5 G.  O.  4,  1875 

Oct.  13,  1875 G.  0.8,  1875 

July  3,  1876 G.  O.  5,  1876 

Oct.  3,  1876 G.  O.  10,  1876 


G.  O.  5,  1877 

G.  O.  3,  1878 

.G.  O.  5  and  7,  1879 

G.  O.  10,  1879 

.G.  O.  3  and  6,  1880 

G.  O.  11,  1880 

G.  O.  6,  1881 

G.  O.  12,  1881 

G.  O.  2,  1882 

G.  O.  9,  1872 


May  30,  1877 

"    30,1878.... 

"  30,  1879.  . . 
Oct.  15,  1879  . . . 
May  31,1880.... 

Oct.  21,  1880 

May  30,  1881 .... 

Oct.  6,  1881 

May  30,  1882.... 
PARADES. 

Law  relating  to 

PAY  ROLLS,  &c. 

See  "Active  Service." 
PROMOTIONS  ON  DIVISION  STAFF. 

See  "Appointments,  &c." 
RECORD  BOOKS. 

Manner  of  keeping,  etc G.  O.  2,  1867 

REDUCTIONS  OP  ORGANIZATIONS. 

See  "Consolidations,  &c." 
RENDEZVOUS  FOR  MOUNTED 

OFFICERS Circ.  4,  1873 

REPORTS,  Ac. 

List  of  to  be  rendered Circ.  7,  1870 

Promptness  and  accuracy  in  rendition 

of,  enjoined,  etc.   ...Circ.  6  and  7,  1872, 
and  Circ.  June  19,  1879 
REPORTS  OF  PARADES. 

Called  for Circ.  Nov.  19,  1869 

Of  strength  of  organizations  called 

for Circ.  5,  1873 

RETURNS,  ifec. 

See  "Reports,  &c." 
REVIEW,  BRIGADE. 

Form  for G.  O.  5,  1867 

REWARDS. 

For  best  drilled  regiment  and  for 

enlisted  men Circ  Nov.  28,  1868 

RIFLE  PRACTICE.    (See  Nat  Rifle  Assn.) 

Attention  called  to  Circ.  4  and  5,  1878, 

Gen'l    Insp.   Rifle  Practice, 

Circ.  Oct.  26,  1878 
Attention  called  to  Inter-State  Match, 

Circ.  June  29,  1878 

For  Marksman's  Badge G.  O.  9, 1875, 

and  Circ.  1,  1875 
Men  to  load  and  fire  own  piece  witli- 

out  siL'hting  shots Circ,  July  2,  1879 

"Nevada   Badge,"    competition   for, 

G.  O.  9,  1875*,  and  Circ.  June  29,  1878 
Orders  for,  with  assignments  and  rules, 

G.  O.  3  and  7,  and  Circ.  1,  1875 

G.  O.  3  and  6, 1876;  G.  O.  4,  1877 

G.  O.  4,  1878;  G.  O.  6,  1879 

G.  O.  7,  1880;  G.  O.  7,  1881 

G.  O.  3,  1882. 

Orders  for  drills  in G.  O.  1,  1878 

Regulations  as  to    loading   at    firing 

points Circ.  June  20,  1879 


Rights  of  members  of  National  Rifle 
Ass'n  to  range  to   be  respected, 

Circ.  1,  1877 

Urged Circ.  June  20,  1868 

ROSTER  BOOKS. 

To  be  kept G.  O.  2,  1867 

ROSTERS.    See  "  Reports,  &c." 

Called  for Circ.  Nov.  27,  1868 

and  Circ.  Nov.  19,  1869 
SABRE  EXERCISE. 

Classes  for  instruction  in.  .Circ.  Dec.  24, 1869 
SECOND  DIVISION. 

Joint  parade  with  First  Div....G.  0. 11,  1880 
SECOND  INFANTRY. 

Disbanded G.  O.  15,  1869 

SEPARATE  TROOP  A.     (Formerly  U). 

Disbanded G.  0.3,  1881 

SEPARATE  TROOP  II. 

Transferred  from  First  Brig.  Cav. 

to  Div G.  O.  13,  1870 

SEPARATE  TROOP  WASH.  GREY.  CAV. 
Transferred  from  First  Brig.  Cav. 

to  Third  Brig.  Inf G.  O.  13.  1870 

Transferred  from  Third  Brig.  Cav. 
to  First  Div.    (Since  Battery 

E.  &  Second  Battery) G.  O.  6,  1874 

SEVENTY-FIRST  INFANTRY. 
Thirtv-seventh  Inf.  consolidated 

w'ith G.  0.9,1870 

Transferred  from  First  to  Second 

Brig G.  O.  10,  1875 

SEVENTY-NINTH  INFANTRY. 
Transferred  from  Fourth  to  First 

Brigade G.  O.  15,  1869 

Reduced  to  6  company  battalion, 

G,  O.  7,  1870 

Disbanded G.  O.  10,  1875 

SHALER,  ALEXANDER,  MAJ.-GEN'L. 

Assumes  command  of  Division,  G.  0. 1, 1867 
Charges  and  specifications  against, 

dismissed G.  O.  1,  1^70 

Leave  of  absence G.  O.  15,  1874 

Resumes  command G.  O.  1,  1875 

Leave  of  absence G.  O.  4,  1880 

Resumes  command G.  O.  10,  1880 

SIGNAL  ON  FIRE  BELLS. 

For  assembly  of  Division G.  O.  10,  1868 

SIXTH  INFANTRY. 

Disbanded G.  O.  0,  1875 

SIXTY-NINTH  INFANTRY. 

Transferred  from  Fourth  to  First 

Brigade G.  O.  1.5,  1869 

Transferred  from  First  to  Third 

Brigade G.  O.  10,  1875 

STAFF  OFFICERS,  "HONORARY." 

Prohibited G.  O.  3,  1871 

STATE  ARSENAL. 

Drill  room,  use  of,  Circ.  Oct.  23  and  Nov.  15, 
1869,  and  Circ.  8,  1870 


STEUBEN,  BARON  VON. 

Parade  in  honor  of  representiitives 

of G.O.  12,  1881 

TARGET  PRACTICE. 

See  "Rifle  Practice." 
TAX.\TION. 

Exemption  from Circ.  1,  1870 

THIRD  CAVALRY. 

Reduced  to  eight  companies G.  O.  7,  1870 

Transferred  from  First  Brigade  Cav- 
alry to  Second  Brigade G.  O.  13,  1870 

Transferred  from  Second  Brigade  to 

Division G.  O.  6,  1874 

Disbanded G.  O.  9,  1880 

THIRD  INFANTRY. 

Disbanded G.  O.  2,  18G9 

THIRTY-SEVENTH  INFANTRY. 
Reduced  to  six  company  battalion, 

G.  O.  7,  1870 
Reduction  of  revoked  and  consolidated 

with  71st  Infantry G.  O.  9,  1870 

THOMAS,  GEO.  H.,  LATE  ilAJ.-GEN.  U.S.A. 
Relative  to  subscription  for  monument 

to.: Circ.  2,  1872 

TOMPKINS  SQUARE. 

Parade  ground Circ.  Apr.  18,  1867 

TRANSFERS  OF  ORGANIZATIONS. 
Cavalry  - 
1st  Reg't,  from  1st  Brigade  Cavalry  to 

1st  Brigade  Infantry G.  O.  13,  1870 

1st  BatUilion,  Troops  C  and  D,  to  3d 

Reg't G.  O.  6,  1874 

3d  Reg't,  from  Ist  Brigade  Cavalry  to 

2dBrigade  G.  O.  13,  1870 

3d  Reg't,  from  2d  Brigade  Infantry  to 

1st  Division G.O.  6,  1874 

Separate  Troop  Cavalry,  from  1st  Brig- 
ade Cavalry  to  1st  Div  . . .  .G.  O.  13,  1870 
Separate  Troop  Wash.  Greys,  from  1st 

Brig.  Cav'y  to  3d  Brig G.  O.  13,  1870 

Separate  Troop  Wash.  Greys,  from  3d 

Brigade  to  Ist  Division G.  O.  6,  1874 

Troop  H,  (afterwards  Separate  Troop 
A),  from  1st  Artillery  to  1st  Brig- 
ade Cavalry G.  O.  15,  18G9 


Infantry — 
1st  Reg't,  from  3d  to  1st  Brig.  .G.  O.  l.^,  18C9 
1st      "         "     1st  to  3d      '•    ..     "       9,  1870 
5th      "         "    2d  to  1st      "    ..     "     10,  1875 
9th      "         "    3d  to  2d      "    ..     "     10,1875 
11th    "         "     4th  to  2d    "    ..     "     1,5,1809 
22d     •'         "    4th  to  1st    "    ..     "     15,1869 
69th    "         "    4th  to  1st    "    ..     "     1.5,1869 
69th    "         "     1st  to  3d    "    ..     "     10,1875 
71st    •'         "      1st  to  2d     "    ..     "     10,1875 
79th    "         "    4th  to  1st    "    . .     "     15,  1869 
TROOP  H.    (Late  Battery  H,  1st  Artillery,  after- 
wards Separate  Troop  A). 
Re-organized  and  transferred,  G.  O.  15,  1869 
TROOPS  E  &  I,  1st  Cav.  consolidated, 

G.  O.  13, 1870 
TROOPS  C  &  D,  3d  Cav.  consolidated, 

G.  O.  13,  1870 
TWENTY-SECOND  INFANTRY. 

Transferred  from  4th  to  1st  Brigade, 

G.  O.  15,  1869 
UNIFORMS. 

See  "Bills  of  Dress." 
UNION  SQUARE  PLAZA. 

Regnlations  for  use  of  as  a  parade 

ground G.O.  9,  1876 

VARIAN,  J.  M.,  BRIG.-GEN'L,  THIRD  BRIG. 
In  command  of  Division,  G.  0. 15  &  16, 1874, 
and  4  &  5,  1880 
Relieved  from  command  of  Division, 

G.  O.  1,  1875,  and  10,  1880 
(See  also  G.  0. 12,  1871). 
WASHINGTON  GREYS  CAVALRY. 
(See  "  Separate  Troop,  &c.") 
Consolidation  of  Battalion  to  one 

troop,  etc G.O.  15,  1869 

Transfer  of  from  1st  Brig.  Cav.  to 

3d  Brig.  Inf G.  O.  13,  1870 

Transfer  of  from  3d  Brigade  to  1st 

Division G.O.  6,  1874 

(Afterwards  Battery  E  and  2d  Battery). 
WEST  POINT  MILITARY  ACADEMY. 
Invitation  to  National  Guard  officers 

to  visit Circ.  June  2,  1869 

WILLIAMSON,   D.   B.,   MAJOR  AND  J.  A., 
THIRD   BRIGADE. 
Recruiting  medal  offered  by.  .Circ.  Nov.  30, 
1880,  and  Circ.  Mar.  22  and  May  9,  1881 


HEAD-gUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION.   N.  G.  S.   N.  Y. 

Nkw  York,    February  1st,    1867. 


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By  virtue  of  an  appointment  from  His  E.xcellency  the  Governor  of  the  State, 
and  of  a  commission  as  Major-Gen eral  from  the  Adjutant  General's  Office  at 
Albany,  bearing  date  Jan'y  23rd,  1867,  the  undersigned  hereby  assumes  com- 
mand of  the  First  Division  National  Guard  of  the  State  of  New  York. 

Head-Quarters  are  for  the  present  established  at  212  West  28th  Street. 

ALEXANDER  SHALER, 

Major-  General. 
Official  : 


Major  and  A.  D.  C.  and  Acting  Di7'is'uvi  Inspector. 


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Korotsof  the  Stfiteof  Ni-w  York,  and  diriicls  for  the  inirpose  of  obtaining  unitorniity  in  the  maouer  of  ponductinR  thi- olHcinl  l.usinetv. 
and  in  the  manner  of  rerording  such  hiininecp,  that  at  each  Head  Quarten*  tlien-  shall  be  kept  one  Order  Book,  inn-  Li-rh-r  Hunk,  oni' 
Roster  B<x)k.  one  Journal  or  Endorsement  Book,  one  file  of  Orders  from  earh  of  ilu-  Head  Quarters  above,  and  ont-  lilr  ul'  l,.-tii-i-8  re 

The  Order  I3<H)k  «hall  <-ontain  a  w>py  of  every  General  and  Special  order  issued  and  will  be  signed  in  tin-  biiok  by  t)u-  SlaH' 
Officer  whortit  name  wan  attached  to  the  originals  sent  from  the  office,     (-leneral  Oitlers  will  be  numbered  and  kept  in  nnc  n-rien,  and 

Siwcial  orders  in  another the  numbers  always  begming  with  the  first  of  ilie  year.     Each  order  will  be  separiited   from  tin-  one  fol 

lowing  by  a  red  lino. 

Orders  received  will  be  kept  within  two  jointed  file  bouixls,  and  the  date  of  the  receipt  noted  (in  red  ink)  ui  tin-  l>oti..iii  of  ihr 
fii-8t  1  age.  Tiiat  nil  oixlers  from  the  same  Head  Quarters  may  be  kept  in  one  file,  the  eanie  sized  paper  will  be  iiM-d  wb.iln-i'  written 
or  jirinted. 

In  the  Letter  tJi»)k  will  lie  recorded  every  letter  issued.  Each  will  be seimmted  fnim  the  one  whir-li  lollmv-  in  ;.  nd  Hue, uml 
each  letter  should  be  signed  in  the  book  by  its  writul".  There  should  be  a  Margin  two  (3)  inches  mde  on  tin-  lil'i  nt'.iiili  page,  in 
which  should  be  noted  in  red  ink,  the  names  of  the  parties,  to  whom  copieu  of  the  letter  hove  been  sent,  and  when  tin-  l.ti.r  bus  bi-iii 
udilressed  tn  an  officer  under  cover  to  his  Coinmander,  the  fact  should  be  noted  in  a  similar  manner.  An  index  in  ihr  Lnn-r  Honk  will 
be  kept  in  whicii  it  will  be  sutHcicnt  to  have  the  name  of  the  person  addressed  ai>iiear. 

Tlic  Rosier  Bo(.k  will  contain  the  Hosiers  as  rctjuirod  by  paragraplis  487  t«.  498.  Genoml  Regulations  inr  tin-  .Mi)ii.-.i  ^  l-'orc-. 
Slate  of  N.w  York. 

'I'hc  .T:nirnal.  oi  Kiidorju-nieut  Hook,  will  contain  a  record  of  all  pajuTs  |.i,^.-iii<r  through  tlie  Head  Quiuln-   -..In-,'  ii|.  ..id.iwii. 

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HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,   N.  G.  S.   N.  Y. 


New  York,  March  7th,  1867. 


(General  Orders,  / 
No.  3t  f 


The  followino;  appointments  are  announced  on  the  Staff  of  the  Major-General 
Commanding  : 

Joseph  E.  Hamkmn,  Division  Inspector,  with  the  rank  of  Colonel. 

Captain  George  W.  Smiih,  Division  Engineer, 

John  Oakey,  Division  Judge  Advocate. 

Charles  McMillan,  M.  D.,  Hospital  Surgeon,        "  " 

Major  WiLLL\M  B.  Bend,  Division  Quarter-Master,  with  the  rank  of  Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel. 

John  Fowler,  Jr.,  .\ide-de-Camp,  with  the  rank  of  Major. 

Captain   D.   Willlvm   Diggs,  Aid-de-Camp,  with  the  rank  of  Major. 

They  will  be  obeyed  and  respected  accordingly. 

Head-Quarters  of  the  Division  are  now  located  at  93  Broadway,  where  all 
official  communications  will  hereafter  be  addressed  to  Colonel  and  Brevet 
Major-General  Jos.  E.  Hamhlln,  Division  Inspector. 

By  command  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler, 

VV.   B.   BEND, 

Major  ami  Act'g  Div.  Insp. 


HRAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,   N.  G.  S.   N.   Y. 

NiiW  York,   May  17th,    18(J7. 


Gknkral  (Jkdkks,  / 
No.  4.  ( 


A  General  Court  Martial  will  assemble  at  the  Armory  of  the  12th  Regiment, 
Infantry,  (Nos.  694  and  696  Broadway,  New  York,)  at  10  o'clock  \.  m.,  on  the 
lOth  day  of  June,  proximo,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  possible,  for  the  trial  of 
Colonel  William  H.  Fakkar,  8Tth  Regiment,  Infantry,  and  such  other  prison- 
ers as  may  be  brought  before  it. 

Dktail  for   the  Court. 

1.— Brig.  Genl.  William  G.  Ward,  1st  Brigade,  Infantry. 
2. — Colonel  John  H.  Wilcox,  9th  Regiment,  Infantry. 
;^. —Colonel  JonN  E.  Bendix,  3d  Regiment,  Infantry. 

Major  Geo.  R.  Schieffelin,  Judge  Advocate  on  the  Staff  of  the  1st  Brigade 
of  Infantry,  is  appointed  the  Judge  Advocate  for  the  Court. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shalek. 


Official : 


B)e7^et  A/ttjur-Ciriwral  and  Division  Inspector 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,   N.   G.  S.   N.  Y. 

New  York,  May  22d,  1807. 


Gknf.ral  Orders,  } 
No.  5.  \ 


I. — The  following  form  of  a  Brigade  Review  will  hereafter  be  observed  in 
this  command  whenever  the  parade-ground  will  not  admit  of  the  formation 
of  deployed  lines. 

II. — The  Brigade  will  be  formed  in  line  of  battalion  columns  by  divisions, 
right  in  front,  or  double  column  at  full  or  half  distance,  at  shouldered  arms, 
with  thirty  paces  intervals  between  battalions. 

III. — Colonels  will  be  posted  ten  paces  in  front  of  the  centre  of  their  respec- 
tive columns  ;  Lieutenant-Colonels,  Majors,  Adjutants  and  Sergeant- 
Majors,  on  the  left  of  their  respective  columns,  as  prescribed  by  Infantry 
Tactics  ;  Non-commissioned  Staff  Officers  five  paces  in  rear  of  the  file- 
closers  of  the  rear  division  ;  Staff  Officers,  according  to  rank  from  right  to 
left,  five  paces  in  rear  of  Non-commissioned  Staff. 

lY. — Bands  will  be  posted  on  the  right  on  a  line  with  the  first  divisions  ;  the 
left  of  them  four  paces  from  the  right  flank  of  the  columns.  The  Field 
Music  in  rear  of  the  Bands. 

V. — The  Brigade  Commander  will  be  posted  twenty  paces  in  front  of  the 
line  of  Colonels,  opposite  the  centre  of  his  Brigade.  His  Staff  in  one  rank 
in'  his  rear  ;    his  flag  and  orderlies  (if  any)  immediately  in  rear  of  the  Staff. 

VI. — A  Camp  Color  will  be  stationed  to  mark  the  position  of  the  reviewing 
officer,  at  a  hundred  paces  in  front  of  centre. 

VII. — When  the  Reviewing  Officer  takes  his  position,  the  Brigadier-General 
will  command  :  "'prepare  for  Kieview."  The  Colonels  will  repeat  this 
command  and  add  :  "Rear,  open  order."  The  Brigadier-General  then  com- 
mands :  "March," — repeated  bj' the  Colonels.  The  Colonels  seeing  the 
ranks  aligned  command  :  "  Front. "  At  the  command  "  March,"  the 
Company  Officers  will  take  post  four  paces  in  front  of  their  ccmipanies. 
The  Color-bearer  will  march  four  paces  in  front  of  the  centre  of  the  first 
division  ;  the  Color-Corp<jral  replaces  the  Color-bearer.  The  Brigadier- 
General  will  then  command:  "  Pirseni — Arms."  Commanding  Officers 
will  immediately  face  to  the  front  and  salute.  The  Reviewing  Officer  will 
then  ride  to  within  twenty  paces  of  the  Brigade  Commander  and  acknowl- 
edge the  salute. 

VIII. — The  Reviewing  Officer  having  acknowledged  the  salute,  the  Brigadier- 
General  will  command  :  "  Shoulder — Arms."  The  Reviewing  Officer, 
joined  by  his  Staff,  goes  to  the  right  of  the  line  and  passes  along  the  front 
around  the  left  and  along  the  rear.  While  the  Reviewing  Officer  is  passing 
along  the  line,  the  Band  on  the  right  only  will  play,  and  when  he  turns  off 
to  take  his  position  at  the  Camp  Color,  the  music  will  cease  and  the  Briga- 
dier-General will  command  :  1.  "  Close  order — March."  2.  "  CoIudiiis 
Close  in  Mass — March."  These  commands  will  be  repeated  by  the 
Colonels. 


IX. — The  line  will  then  be  broken  into  column  by  battalion  in  mass,  right  in 
front.  The  Brigadier-General  will  then  command:  1.  '' Kigfit  Slwuldtr 
Shift — Arms."  2.  '' Pass  in  Revieu<,  i;uidc  right."  3.  '"By  the  head  of 
CoiuiHiis  take  7i>heeUuo-  distance."  In  passing  in  review,  the  position  of  the 
different  officers  and  non-commissioned  staff  will  be  the  same  as  described 
in  General  Regulations,  except  that  the  Brigadier-General  will  ride  six 
paces  in  front  of  the  centre  of  his  Staff,  and  his  Brigade  flag  and  orderlies 
(if  any)  six  paces  in  rear  of  his  Staff.  When  the  line  is  ployed  into  column, 
the  Staff  will  keep  well  closed  up  to  the  rear  division  of  their  respective 
regiments  ;  and  the  Bands  and  Field  Music  will  face  to  the  left  with  their 
battalions,  and  march  ten  or  twelve  paces,  before  wheeling  by  file  to  the 
right  into  the  general  column. 

X. — In  passing  in  Review  the  music  of  each  regiment  will  wheel  out  of  the 
column  in  front  of  the  Reviewing  OflScer,  and  will  re-enter  it  in  rear  of  its 
regiment  as  soon  as  the  regiment  has  passed.  Each  Colonel  will  com- 
mand "  Shoulder — Arms,"  when  within  40  paces  of  the  Reviewing  Officer. 

XI. — In  this  form  of  Review,  all  mounted  officers  will  remain  mounted.  The 
troops  will  march  past  the  Reviewing  Officer  in  quick  time  only — all  officers 
saluting.  Each  regiment,  after  passing  the  Reviewing  Officer,  will  be 
closed  in  mass  on  its  leading  division,  without  halting,  by  tiie  commands 
of  its  Colonel,  and  halted  opposite  the  position  it  occupied  in  the  line.  The 
line  will  then  be  re-formed,  and  half  or  full  distance  taken  on  the  first  divi- 
sions, by  command  of  the  Brigadier-General,  and  the  Review  will  termin- 
ate bv  the  ranks  being  opened,  arms  presented,  etc.,  as  previously  de- 
scribed. 

XII. — If  the  formation  be  a  simple  column  of  divisions  and  it  be  the  wish  to 
pass  in  review  by  company,  the  Brigadier-General,  after  breaking  from  line 
into  column,  will  command  :  1.  ''  Right  Shoulder  Shift — Arms."  2.  "Fass 
ill  Re-c'ie'iC,  guide  right."  3.  "  By  the  head  of  Column,  by  company,  take 
wheeling  distance."  The  first  company  will  move  forward  at  once  ;  the 
second  company  will  oblique  to  the  right  as  soon  as  it  is  disengaged  from 
the  first,  and  foi-ward  when  it  covers  the  first  ;  the  third  moves  forward 
when  it  has  its  proper  distance  from  the  second,  and  so  on  to  the  rear  of 
the  column.  After  passing  in  review,  the  divisions  will  be  re-formed,  and 
the  battalion  closed  in  mass  as  before  described. 


By  command  of  Maj(jr-General  Alexander  Sh.vi.er. 

JOSEPH  E.   HAMBLIN. 

Col.  and  Brev.  Major-Gen' I,  Division  Inspector. 


HEAD-gUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,   N.  G.  S.   N.   Y. 


New  York,  June  1(»,  1867. 


General  Orders,  ( 
No.  6.  \ 


The  following  Promotions  and  Appointments  are  announced  on  the  Staff  of 
the  Major-General  commanding  : 

Colonel  and  Brevet  Major-General  Joseph  E.  Hamklin  to  be  Assistant 
Adjutant-General  and  Chief  of  Staff,  with  the  rank  of  Colonel. 

Colonel  and  Brevet  Major-General  M.  T.  McMahon  to  be  Division  Inspec- 
tor, with  the  rank  of  Colonel,  vice  Hamblin  promoted. 

Vandkri!II,t  Ai.len  to  be  Division  Engineer,  with  the  rank  of  Colonel. 

Major  (oHN  Fowl  ER,  Jr.  to  be  Ordnance  Officer,  with  the  rank  of  Lieutenant- 
Colonel. 

John  J.  Donaldson  to  be  Aide-de-Camp,  with  the  rank  of  Major,  vice  Fowler 
promoted. 

Thev  will  be  (jbeyed  and  respected  accordingly. 

Bv  command  of  Major-General  Ale.xander  Shaler. 

JOSEPH   E.   HAMBLIN. 
Co/,  and  Bvt  Major-Gen  I,  A.  A.  G.,  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,   N.  G.  S.   N.  Y. 

New  York,  June  20th,  1867. 

Gkneral  Orders,  } 
No.   7.  I" 

This  Division  will  parade  on  the  Fourth  of  July  next,  to  celebrate  the  Ninety- 
first  Anniversary  of  our  National  Independence. 

The  Troops  will  be  formed  in  the  following  order,  viz.: 

The  First  Brigade  of  Infantry  on  West  Twelfth  Street. 
The  Second  Brigade  of  Infantry  on  West  Thirteenth  Street. 
The  Third  Brigade  of  Infantry  on  West  Fourteenth  Street. 
The  Fourth  Brigade  of  Infantry  on  West  Fifteenth  Street. 
The  First  Brigade  of  Cavalry  on  West  Sixteenth  Street. 
The  Right  of  each  Brigade  will  rest  on  Fifth  Avenue. 

Brigade  Commanders  will  promptly  report  to  the  Chief  of  Staff,  at  the  corner 
of  Fourteenth  Street  and  Fifth  Avenue  the  arrival  of  their  respective  Commands 
upon  the  Ground. 

At  7.30  o'clock,  A.  M.,  precisely,  the  Command  J/(7;r/^  will  be  given,  when  the 
First  Brigade  of  Infantry  will  move  up  Fifth  Avenue,  followed  at  proper  inter- 
vals, by  the  other  Brigades  in  the  order  above  named. 

The  line  of  march  will  be  up  Fifth  Avenue,  through  Thirty-fourth  Street, 
down  Madison  Avenue,  through  Twenty-third  Street,  down  Fourth  Avenue  to 
Fourteenth  Street. 

The  Avenues  and  Streets  above  enumerated,  from  curb  to  curb,  are  hereby 
designated  as  the  Division  Parade  Ground  for  the  day. 

As  the  Command  passes  the  Worth  Monument,  the  Honors  of  a  Marching 
Salute  will  be  paid  to  the  Mayor  and  Common  Council  of  the  City. 

Brigadier-General  Louis  Burger  will  direct  a  National  Salute  to  be  fired 
from  the  Battery  at  Sunrise  and  at  Noon. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler, 

JOSEPH   E.   HAMBLIN, 
Brevet  Major-General,  A.  ./.  G.  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


HEADQUARTERS    ist  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New   York,  yum  28,  1867, 


General  Orders 
No.  8. 


On  and  after  the  \  st  of  July  next,  the  Headquarters 
of  this  Division  will  be  established  at  No.  2  PARK   PLACE. 

By  order  of 

Major-Gen.    ALEXANDER  SHALER, 
JOSEPH  E.  HAMBLIN, 

Col.  and  Brevet  Major-General,  A.  A.  G.  and  Chief  of  StafF. 
OFFICIAL. 


Specification  t^th. — "  In  tliis  ;  tliat  lie,  tlie  sai 
3d   Brigade,    1st   Division,    N.    G.    S.    N.    Y.,  at 
day    of  March,  1SG7,  having    in  liis  possession    ;ii 
the    said     37th    liegiment,    or    the    Regimental 
were  received   by  said  Colonel  William  II.   Farra 
Kegiment,  entrusted  to  him  for  that  purpose,  and  w 
to  him  for  the  sole  use  and  benefit  of  the  said  Regi 
said  Regiment,  did  then  and  there  take,  convert  to  1 , 
of  Ten  Hundred  and  Fourteen  Dollars  and  Sevent\ 
entrusted  to  him  as  aforesaid." 

Charge  III. — "  liendering  and  maMng  af<. 
moneys  entrusted  to  him^  knoioing  such,  statement  a) 

Specification — "  In  this  ;    that  on  or  about  tl 
York,  the  said  Colonel  Wm.  PI    Farrar,  of  the  37th ' 
made  and   rendered   to  Captain   George  G.   Nolt( 
said  Nolton  l)eing  then  and  there  the  Treasurer  of' 
a  statement  and   account  of  certain   Regimental   .■ 
and  sale  of  certain  bonds  of  said  37tli  Regiment,  ei  ^ 
ment  of  such  moneys    by  him,  the    said    Colonel   ^. 
disbursement  of  said  moneys  was  false  and  fraudnkd 

e 

Charge  IV. — '■'■  Co7iduct  unhecoming  an  offic 

Specification  1st. — In  this ;  that  he,  the  said  'c 
in  uniform,  at  a  public  reception  given  by  the  Offic 
ment,  in  the  presence  of  ladies,  citizens   and  soldier 

Tliis  at  the  Armory  of  said  37th  Regimen 
of  the  nineteenth  day  of  October,  1866." 

Specification  'id. — "In  this;  that  he,  said  Co 
unifoi'ni,  at   a  public  reception  given  by  the  Office" 
ment,  in  the  presence  of  ladies,  citizens  and  soldiers 

This  at  the  Armory  of  said  37th  Regiment,  i 
the  twentieth  day  of  March,  1867." 

Specification  Sd. — "In  this;  that  he, said  Col 
or  about  the  twenty-seventh  day  of  June,  1866,  h; 
moneys  Ijelonging  to  the  said  37tli  Regiment,  or  th 
moneys  were  received  by  said  Colonel  William  I 
of  said  Regiment,  entrusted  to  him  for  that  purpos 
entrusted  to  him  for  the  sole  use  and  benefit  of  the 
gations  of  said  Regiment,  did  then  and  there  ta 
embezzle  the  sum  of  Five  Hundred  and  Seven  Dol' 


HEAD-QUARTERS  Ist  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  T. 
New-  Tori-,  OctoUr  \-tth,  1S07. 

General    Orders,  i 
No.    9.  i 

I.  Before  a  General  Court  Martial,  which  convened  at  the  Armory  of  the  12th  Regiment 
Inl'antry,  N.  G.  S.  N.  T.,  jnn-siinnt  to  General  Orders  No.  4,  dated  Head-quarters  1st  Division,  N.  G., 
S.  N.  Y.,  New-Yorlj,  May  IT,  18(!7,  and-.if  wliicii  liri;;.  Gen'I  William  G.  Ward,  1st  Brigade  Infantry, 
N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  is  President,  was  arrait^ncd  and  triod,  Colonel  William  II,  Farrar,  37th  Regiment 
Infantry,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

CnAKGE  I. — ^'Drimkenitess  on  Jfi/f.yy 

Spee.ifimtlon  1«<.— "In  tin's;  tliat  he,  the  said  Colonel  William  II.  Farrar,  of  the  37th  Regiment, 
3d  Brigade,  1st  Division,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  was  drunk  while  in  uniform  and  on  duty  in  connnand  of  the 
said  37tli  Regiment,  at  a  parade  of  said  Regiment  made  in  pursuance  of  Regimental  General  Orders, 
37tli  Regiment,  No.  10,  series  of  ISGB,  and  of  Brigade  Orders,  3d  Brigade,  No.  6,  series  of  18Gfi,  and  of 
the  Divisif)n  Order,  in  last-nientioned  order  referred  to. 

All  this  on  Broadway,  in  the  City  of  New- York,  on  or  about  the  twenty-ninth  day  of  August,  1S66." 

CuARGE  II. — "  Willful  mi saf^pli cation  and  emJjeszlement  of  Regimental  fmid^  and jntMic  immeys 
entrusted  to  him.^' 

Speoi^fication  1st. — "In  this;  that  he,  the  said  Colonel  William  H.  Farrar,  37th  Regiment,  3d 
Brigade,  1st  Division,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  at  the  City  of  New- York,  on  or  about  the  11th  day  of  May,  1S60, 
having  in  his  possession  and  entrusted  to  him,  certain  moneys  belonging  to  the  said  37tli  Regiment,  or  tlie 
Regimental  Board  of  Officers  thereof,  which  said  moneys  were  received  by  said  Colonel  William  H. 
Farrar,  from  the  issue  and  sale  of  certain  bonds  of  said  Regiment,  entrusted  to  him  for  that  purpose, 
and  which  said  moneys  were  so  received  i)y  and  entrusted  to  him  for  the  sole  use  and  benefit  of  the 
said  Regiment,  and  for  the  payment  of  certain  obligations  of  said  Regiment,  did  then  and  tliere  take, 
convert  to  his  own  use,  willfully  misapply  and  embezzle  the  sum  of  Five  Hundred  Dollars  or  thereabouts, 
being  part  of  the  moneys  entrusted  to  liim  as  aforesaid." 

Specification  "id. — "In  this;  that  he,  the  said  Colonel  William  H.Farrar,  37th  Regiment,  3d  Brigade, 
Ist  Division,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  at  the  City  of  New- York,  on  or  about  the  twenty-seventh  day  of  June, 
18G6,  having  in  his  possession  and  entrusted  to  him,  certain  moneys  belonging  to  the  said  37th  Regiment, 
or  tlie  Regimental  Board  of  Officers  thereof,  which  said  moneys  were  received  by  said  Colonel  William  H. 
Farrar,  from  the  issue  and  sale  of  certain  bonds  of  said  Regiment,  entrusted  to  him  for  that  purpose, 
and  whii:h  said  moneys  were  so  received  by  and  entrusted  to  him  for  the  sole  use  and  benefit  of  the  said 
Regiment,  and  for  the  payment  of  certain  obligations  of  said  Regiment,  did  then  and  there  take,  convert 
to  his  own  use,  willfully  misapply  and  embezzle  the  sum  of  Five  Hundred  and  Seven  Dollars  and  Thirty- 
eight  Cents,  or  thereabouts,  being  part  of  the  moneys  entrusted  to  him  as  aforesaid." 

Specification  3d. — "  In  this ;  that  he,  the  said  Colonel  William  H.  Farrar,  of  the  37th  Regiment,  3d 
Brigade,  1st  Division,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  at  the  City  of  New- York,  on  or  about  tlie  twenty-seventh  day  of 
June,  18116,  having  in  his  possession  and  entrusted  to  hiui,  certain  moneys  belonging  to  the  said  37th 
Regiment,  or  the  Regimental  Board  of  ( >tHi  i  is  thciinf,  which  said  moneys  were  received  by  said 
Colonel  William  H.  Farrar,  from  the  issue  iiikI  -:i1i  nt  rui-tain  bonds  of  said  Regiment,  entrusted  to  him 
for  that  purpose,  and  which  said  moneys  were  -.  icriM'd  by  and  entrusted  to  him  for  the  sole  use  and 
Ijcnefit  of  the  said  Regiment,  and  for  the  payment  of  certain  obligations  of  said  Regiment,  did  then  and 
tiiere  take,  convert  to  his  own  use,  willfully  misapply  and  embezzle  the  sum  of  FilYeen  Hundred  and 
Twenty-two  Dollars  and  Fourteen  Cents,  or  thereabouts,  being  part  of  the  moneys  entrusted  to  Inm  as 
aforesaid." 

Specification  ith. — "  In  tliis  ;  tliat  he,  the  said  Colonel  William  H.  Farrar,  of  the  37th  Regiment, 
3d  Brigade,  1st  Division,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  at  the  City  of  New- York,  on  or  about  the  twenty-seventh  day 
of  June,  1866,  having  in  Ins  possession  and  entrusted  to  him,  certain  moneys  belonging  to  the  said  37th 
Regiment,  or  the  Regimental  Board  of  Officers  thereof,  which  said  moneys  were  received  by  said 
Colonel  William  H.  Farrar,  from  the  issue  and  sale  of  certain  bonds  of  said  Regiment,  entrusted  to  him 
for  that  purpose,  and  which  said  moneys  were  so  received  by  and  entrusted  to  him  for  the  sole  use  and 
benefit  of  the  said  Regiment,  and  for  the  payment  of  certain  obligations  of  said  Regiment,  did  then  and 
there  take,  convert  to  his  own  use,  willfully  misapply  and  embezzle  the  sum  of  Ten  Hundred  and 
Fourteen  Dollars  and  Seventy-six  Cents,  or  thereabouts,  being  part  of  the  moneys  entrusted  to  him  as 
aforesaid."  /^ 


# 


Specifieatim,  5<A.— "  In  this ;  that  he,  the  said  Colonel  William  H.  Fai-rar,  of  the  3Tth  Regiment, 
3d  Brigade,  1st  Division,  N.  Cf.  S.  N.  Y.,  at  the  Oity  of  New-York,  on  or  about  the  second 
day  of  March,  ISUT,  having  in  his  possession  and  entrusted  to  liim,  certain  moneys  belonging  to 
the  said  37th  Regiment,  or  tlic  Regimental  Board  of  Officers  thereof;  which  said  moneys 
were  received  by  said  Colonel  William  II.  Farrar,  from  the  issue  and  sale  of  certain  bonds  of  said 
Regiment,  entrusted  to  him  for  that  pnrpose,  and  which  said  moneys  wero  so  received  by  and  entrusted 
to  Iiim  for  tile  sole  use  and  benefit  of  the  said  Regiment,  and  for  the  payment  of  certain  obligations  of 
said  Regiment,  did  then  and  there  take,  convert  to  his  own  use,  willfully  misap[ily  and  embezzle  the  sum 
of  Ten  Hundred  and  Fourteen  Dollars  and  Seventy-six  Cents,  or  thereabouts,  being  part  of  the  moneys 
entrusted  to  him  as  aforesaid." 

Charge  III. — "  Rendering  and  making  afaUe  statement  and  account  nf  Ttcgimental  funds  and 
moneys  entrusted  to  him,  knowing  such  stiiU^ment  and  account  to  be  false. 

Speoijieation — "  In  this  ;  that  on  or  about  the  second  day  of  March,  1867,  at  the  City  of  New- 
York,  the  said  Colonel  Win.  II  Farrar,  of  the  37th  Regiment,  3d  Brigade,  1st  Division,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y., 
made  and  rendered  to  Captain  George  G.  Nolton,  of  the  said  37th  Regiment,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y., 
said  Nolton  being  then  and  there  the  Treasurer  of  the  Regimental  Board  of  Officers  of  said  Regiment, 
a  statement  and  account  of  certain  Regimental  moneys  received  by  him,  ."iaid  Farrar,  from  the  issue 
and  sale  of  certain  bonds  of  said  37th  Regiment,  entrusted  to  liiin  for  sueli  purpose,  and  of  the  disbui-se- 
ment  of  sneli  moneys  by  him,  the  said  Colonel  William  H.  Farrar.  That  his  said  account  of  the 
disbursement  of  said  moneys  was  false  and  fraudulent,  and  known  to  him,  then  and  there  so  to  be." 

Chakoe  rV. — "Conduct  unbecoming  an  officer  and  a  gentleman." 

Specification  1st. — In  this ;  that  he,  the  said  Colonel  William  II.  Farrar,  was  dnink,  while  present 
in  nniform,  at  a  public  reception  given  by  the  Officers  and  Members  of  B  Company,  of  said  37tli  Regi- 
ment, in  the  presence  of  ladies,  citizens  and  soldiers. 

This  at  the  Armory  of  said  37tli  Regiment,  in  the  City  of  New- York,  on  or  about  the  evening 
of  the  nineteenth  day  of  October,  1886." 

Specification  2d. — "In  this;  that  he,  said  Colonel  William  IT.  Farrar,  was  drunk  while  present  in 
uniform,  at  a  public  reception  given  by  tlie  Officers  and  Members  of  D  Company,  of  said  37tli  Regi- 
ment, in  the  presence  of  ladies,  citizens  and  soldiere. 

This  at  the  Armory  of  said  37th  Regiment,  in  the  City  of  New-York,  on  or  about  the  evening  of 
the  twentieth  day  of  March,  1807." 

Specification  3d. — "In  this;  tliat  he, said  Colonel  William  H.  Farrar,  at  the  City  of  New- York,  on 
or  about  the  twenty-seventh  day  of  June,  ISGfi,  having  in  his  possession  and  entrusted  to  him  certain 
moneys  belonging  to  the  said  37th  Regiment,  or  the  Regimental  Board  of  Officers  thereof,  whicli  said 
moneys  were  received  by  said  Colonel  William  H.  Farrar,  from  the  issue  and  sale  of  certain  bonds 
of  said  Regiment,  entrusted  to  liim  for  that  purpose;  and  wjiicli  said  moneys  were  so  received  by  and 
entrusted  to  him  for  the  sole  use  and  benefit  of  the  said  Regiment,  and  for  the  payment  of  certain  obli- 
gations of  said  Regiment,  did  then  and  there  twke,  convert  to  his  own  use,  willfully  misapply  and 
"X  embezzle  the  sum  of  Five  Hundred  and  Seven  Dollars  and  Thirty-eight  Cents  or  thereabouts,  being  part 
^^/ of  the  moneys  entrusted  to  him  as  aforesaid." 

Specification  ith. — "In  tliis;  that  he,  the  said  Colonel  William  II.  Farrar,  of  the  37th  Regiment,  3d 
Brigade,  1st  Division,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  at  the  City  of  New-York,  on  or  about  the  twenty-seventh  day 
of  June,  1866,  having  in  his  possession  and  entrusted  to  him  certain  moneys  belonging  to  the  said  37th 
Regiment,  or  the  Regimental  Board  of  Officers  theieof,  which  said  moneys  were  received  by  said  Colonel 
William  II.  Farrar,  from  the  issue  and  sale  of  certain  bonds  of  said  Regiment,  eiitrnsted  to  him  for  that 
purpose;  and  which  said  moneys  were  so  received  by  and  entrusted  to  him,  for  the  sole  use  and  benefit  of 
the  said  Regiment,  and  for  the  payment  of  certain  obligations  of  said  Regiment,  did  then  and  there  take, 
convert  to  his  own  use,  willfully  misapply  and  embezzle  the  sum  of  Fifteen  Hundred  and  Twenty-two 
Dollars  and  Fourteen  Cents,  or  thereabouts,  being  part  of  the  moneys  entrusted  to  him  as  aforesaid." 

Specification  5tA. — "In  this;  that  he,  the  said  Colonel  William  II.  Farrar,  of  the  37th  Regiment, 
3d  Brigade,  1st  Division,  N.  G.  S.  N.Y.,  on  or  about  the  twenty-seventh  day  of  June,  1866,  at  the  City 
of  New-York,  liaving  in  his  possession  and  entrusted  to  him,  certain  moneys  belonging  to  the  said  37th 
Regiment,  or  the  Regimental  Board  of  Officers  thereof,  which  said  moneys  were  received  by  said  Colonel 
William  H.  Farrar,  from  the  issue  and  sale  of  certain  bonds  of  said  Regiment,  entrusted  to  liim  for  that 
purpose,  and  which  said  moneys  were  so  received  by  and  entrusted  to  him  for  the  sole  use  and  benefit 
of  the  said  Regiment,  and  for  the  payment  of  certain  obligations  of  said  Regiment,  did  then  and  there 
take,  convert  to  his  own  use,  willfully  misapply  and  embezzle  the  sum  of  Ten  Hundred  and  Fourteen 
Dollars  and  Seventy-six  Cents,  or  tliereabonts,  being  part  of  the  moneys  entrusted  to  him  as  aforesaid." 

Specification  6tk — "  In  this ;  that  on  or  about  the  second  day  of  March,  1867,  at  the  City  of  New- 
York,  the  said  Colonel  William  II.  Farrar,  of  the  37th  Regiment,  3d  Brigade,  1st  Division,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y., 
made  and  rendered  to  Captain  George  G.  Nolton,  of  the  said  37th  Regiment,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  said  Nolton 
being  then  and  there  the  Treasurer  of  the  Regimental  Board  of  Officers  of  said  Regiment,  a  statement 
and  account  of  certain  Regimental  moneys  receiveil  by  him,  said  Farrar,  from  the  issue  and  sale  of  cer- 
tain bonds  of  said  37th  Re  iment,  entrusted  to  him  for  such  purpose,  and  of  the  disbursement  of  such 
moneys  by  hiin,  the  said  Colonel  William  II.  Farrar.  That  his  said  account  of  the  disbursement  of  said 
^^  moneys  was  false  and  fraudulent  and  known  to  him,  then  and  there,  so  to  be." 


d  Colonel  William  H.  Farrar,  of  tlie  3Tth  Regiment, 
the  City  of  New- York,  on  or  about  the  second 
k1  entrusted  to  him,  certain  moneys  belonging  to 
Board  of  Officers  thereof ;  which  said  moneys 
r,  from  the  issue  and  sale  of  certain  bonds  of  said 
hich  said  moneys  were  so  received  by  and  entrusted 
ment,  and  for  the  payment  of  certain  ol)ligations  of 
lis  own  use,  willfully  misapply  and  embezzle  the  sum 
'-six  Cents,  or  thereabouts,  being  part  of  the  moneys 

ilse  statement  and  account  of  Regimental  funds  and 
nd  acco'unt  to  he  false. 

le  second  day  of  March,  1S67,  at  the  City  of  New- 
Regiment,  3d  Brigade,  1st  Division,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y., 
m,  of  the  said  3Ttli  Regiment,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y., 
:he  Regimental  Board  of  Officers  of  said  Regiment, 
moneys  received  by  him,  said  Farrar,  from  the  issue 
itrusted  to  liim  for  such  purjjose,  and  of  the  disburse- 
William  H.  Farrar.  That  his  said  account  of  the 
■nt,  aiul  known  to  him,  then  and  there  so  to  be." 

?r  and  a,  (jentlem.anr 

Colonel  William  II.  Farrar,  was  drunk,  while  present 
ers  and  Members  of  B  Company,  of  said  37th  Regi- 
es. 
t,  in  the  City  of  New-York,  on  or  about  the  evening 

lonel  William  II.  Farrar,  was  drunk  while  present  in 
rs  and  Members  of  D  Company,  of  said  37th  Regi- 

n  the  City  of  New-York,  on  or  about  the  evening  of 

onel  William  H.  Farrar,  at  the  City  of  New-York,  on 
iving  in  his  possession  and  entrusted  to  him  certain 
e  Regimental  Board  of  Officers  thereof,  which  said 
I.  Farrar,  from  the  issue  and  sale  of  certain  bonds 
e;  and  which  said  moneys  were  so  received  by  and 
said  Regiment,  and  for  the  payment  of  certain  obli- 
ke,  convert  to  his  own  use,  willfully  misapply  and 
ars  and  Thirty-eight  Cents  or  thereabouts,  being  part 


Chab 
Of  the  1st  Specification,  "Guilty/' 
Of  the  2d  Specification,  "Guilty." 
Of  the  3d  Specification,  "Guilty,"  except  a 

Dollars  and  Fourteen  Cents,"  and  in  lieu  thereof  "^ 
Of  the  4th  Specification  "Not  Guilty." 
Of  the  5tli  Specification,  "Guilty,"  except  a' 

and  Seventy -six  Cents,"  and  in  lieu  thereof  "Three 
Of  the  Charge,  "  Guilty,"  except  ag  to  the  \ 

CnAE( 

Of  the  1st  Specification,   "Not  Guilty." 

Of  the  2d  Specification,  "Not  Guilty."          i 

Of  the  3d  Specification,  "Guilty." 

Of  the  -Ith  Specification,  "Guilty,"  except  m 

Dollars  and  Fourteen  Cents,"  and  in  lieu  tliereof  ''"^ 

Of  the  5th  Specification,  "Not  Guilty." 

Of  the  6th  Specification,  "Guilty."  y 

Of  the  Charge,  "Gniltv."  '  ^ 

e. 

Of  the  1st  S])ecificiiti<iii,  "  Not  Guilty.''  a 
Of  the  2d  Specification,  ''Not  Guilty."  '- 
Of  the  Chargt^.,  "Not  Guilty." 

SEN 

And  the   court  does  therefore  sentence  liiir 
Regiment,  3d  Brigade  of  Infantry,  1st  Division,  N. 

II.     The  proceedings,  findings  and  sentence; 
37th  Regiment  Infantry,  N,  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  are  appro 

By  o 


Official  : 

JOSEPH  E.  HAMBLIN, 


Chibob  T. — "  Cimduct  to  the  prtjudlce  of  good  order  and  military  discipline.'"  (gJJ 

Specification  1st. — "  In  tliis ;  that  he,  said  Colonel  "William  H.  Fan-ar,  37th  Eeginient,  3d  Brigade, 
Ist  Division,  N.  6.  S.  N.  T.,  caused  and  directed  to  be  issned  and  promulgated,  certain  Regimental 
Orders,  namely:  Special  Orders  No.  8,  37tli  Regiment,  1867,  through  one  George  Dudley  Warinw, 
assuming  to  act  asAdjutant  of  the  said  37th  Regiment;  and  then  and  there  directed  the  said  order  to  be 
written,  issned  and  signed  by  said  Waring,  as  the  Adjutant  of  said  Regiment;  whereupon  said  order  was 
written,  issued  and  signed  by  said  Waring,  acting  and  signing  liis  name  officially,  as  sucli  Adjutant, 
with  the ,  knowledge  and  in  the  presence  of  said  Colonel  William  H.  Farrar;  that  at  the  time  the 
said  order  was  so  issued,  written  and  signed  by  said  Waring,  the  said  Waring  was  not  tl>e  Adjutant  of 
said  Regiment,  nor  was  he  an  Officer  of  said  Regiment,  which  fact  was  then  and  there  known  to  the 
said   Colonel  William  H.  Farrar. 

All  this  at  the  Regimental  Arnnn-y  of  said  37th  Regiment,  in  the  City  of  New- York,  on  or 
about  the  ninth  day  of  April,  1807." 

Specification  id. — "  That  he,  said  Colonel  William  H.  Farrar,  37th  Regiment,  3d  Urigade,  1st 
Division,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  at  a  Division  Drill  of  the  said  Regiment,  held  pursuant  to  orders  duly  issued 
therefor,  was  present  in  uniform,  accompanied  liy  one  George  Dudley  Waring,  said  Waring  then  and 
tliere,  in  the  presence  of  saiil  Colonel  William  II.  Tarrar,  and  witli  his  assent  and  approval,  assuming  to 
act  as  the  Adjutant  of  said  Regiment,  and  wearing  a  uniform  as  such  Adjutant,  when  the  said  Waring 
was  not  Adjutant  of  said  Regiment,  nor  an  Officer  tliereof,  which  fact  was  then  and  tliere  known  to  the 
said  Colonel  William  H.  Farrar. 

All  this  at  the  Regimental  Armory  of  said  37th  Regiment,  in  tile  City  of  New-Tork,  on  or 
about  the  9th  day  of  April,  1867." 

To  which  charges  and  specifications  the  accused,  Colonel  William  IT.  Farrar,  37th  Regiment,  3d 
Brigade,  1st  Division,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  pleaded  as  follows: 


To  tlie  Specification,  "  Not  Gnilty." 
To  the  Charoe,  "  Not  Guilty." 


Charoe  I. 


CnAROE    II. 


c 


To  the  1st  Specification,  "To  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Court." 
To  the  2d  Specification,  "  To  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Court." 
To  the  3d  Specification,  "To  tlie  jurisdiction  of  the  Court." 
To  the  4th  Specification,  "  To  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Conrt." 
To  the  5th  Specification,  "  To  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Court." 
To  the  Charoe,  "  To  tlie  jurisdiction  of  the  Court." 

ClIAKQE  III. 

The  "  Charge  and  the  Specification  under  it,  baving  been  read  in  tlie  iiresence  of  tlie  Court  and  the 
accused,  the  Court  announced  tliat  having  considered  the  question  of  jurisdiction  raised  by  the  Judge 
Advocate,  the  Court  was  of  the  opinion  that  they  had  no  jurisdiction  of  this  charge,  and  therefore  rule 
it  with  its  specifications  out." 


Charge  IV. 


To  the  Ist  Specification,  "  Not  Guilty." 
To  the  2d  Specification,  "  Not  Guilty." 
To  the  3d  Specification,  "  Not  Guilty." 
To  the  -Ith  Specification,  "  Not  Guilty." 
To  the  5th  Specification,  "  Not  Guilty." 
To  the  6tli  Specification,  "  Not  Guilty." 
To  the  Charge,  "  Not  Guilty." 


Charge  Y. 


To  the  1st  Specification,  "  Not  (iuilty." 
To  the  2d  Specification,  "  Not  Gnilty." 
To  the  Charge,  "  Not  Guilty." 


The  Court  having  maturely  considered  the  evidence  adduced,  finds  the  accused,  Colonel  William 
H.  Farr.ar,  37tli  Regiment,  3d  Brigade,  Ist  Division,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  as  follows: 


Charge  I. 


Of  the  Specification,  "Not  Guilty." 
Of  the  Charge,   "Not  Guilty." 


• 


Of  the  1st  Specification.  "Guilty, 

Of  tlie  2(1  Specification,  "Guilty. 

Of  the  3d  Specification,  "Gnilty, 
Dollars  and  Fonrtecn  Cents."  and  in  lieu 

Of  the  4th  Specificati 

Of  the  5th  Specificati 
and  Seventy-six  Cents,"  and  in  lieu  the: 


'  excci>t  as  to  the  words  "Fifteen  Hundred  and  Twenty-two 
thereof  "Forty-seven  Dollars  and  Sixty-one  Cents." 

N,.t  Guilty." 

Gnilty,"  ex(rept  as  to  the  words  "Ten  Hundred  and  Fourteen  Dollars 
f  "Three  Hundred  and  Sixty  Dollare." 


Of  the  Charge,  "Guilty,"  except  a^  to  the  words  "and  puhlic  moneys." 


CnARRE  IV. 


Of  the  1st  Specification,  "N<.t  Guilty." 
Of  the  2d  Specification,  "  Not  Guilty." 


Of  the  3d  Specification, 
Of  the  4tli  SpecificHtiou, 
Dollars  and  Fourteen  Cents,' 


Gnilty, 
"Guilty,"  except  as  to  tli, 
d  in  lieu  tlicrwf  "Forty-s 


Of  the  ."ith  Specification,  "Not  Guilty." 
Of  the  (!th  Specification,  "Guilty," 
Of  thcCuAKoK,  "(iniltv." 


iFor.ls  "Fifteen  Hundred  and  Tweuty-tv 
cu  Dollare  and  Sixty-one  Cents." 


Of  the  1st  S|)ecificatinTi,  "N,.t  (iuilty 
Of  the  2d  Specification,  "Not  Guilty 
Of  the  CuAWiK,  "NotGnillv." 


SENTENCE. 


And  the  court  does  therefore  sentence  him,  the  saiil  Ci>lnuel  William  H,  Farrar, 
Regiment,  3d  Brif^adc  of  Infantry,  l,st  Dirision,  N,  G.  S.  N.  V.,  to  be  Casuikeeo. 

II.  The  proceedings,  findings  and  sentence  in  the  foregoing  case  of  Colonel  Williai 
37th  Regiment  Infantry,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  are  approied. 

By  order  of 

Major-General  ALEXANDER 


of  the  37tli 
1  H.  Farrar, 


3 


JOSEPH  E.  HAMBLIN, 

Colonel  and  Bi'evet  Major- General^ 
Assistant  Adjutant  General,  and  Oldef  of  Staff. 


GE    II. 


.s  to  the  words  "Fifteen  Hundred  and  Twenty-two 

Forty-seven  Dollars  and  Sixty-one  Cents." 

1 

3  to  the  words  "Ten  Hnndi-ed  and  Fourteen  Dollars 
Hundred  and  Sixty  Dollars." 
vords  "and  public  moneys." 

IE    IV. 


5  to  tlie  words  "Fifteen  Hundred  and  Twenty-two 
Forty-seven  Dollars  and  Sixty-one  Cents." 


::(^,E  V. 


TEN'CE. 

I,  the  said  Colonel  William   H.   Farrar,  of  the   37th 
G.  S.  X.  Y.,  to  be  Casuiereo. 

in  the  foregoing  case  of  Colonel  William  H.  Farrar, 
ved. 

Kler  of 
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Major-General  ALEXANDER    SHALER, 


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Genftral    Orders  i 
.Yo.   /(}.  S 


t.y 


1^    %il    ^^i   2/,  /S'S. 


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The  foll()win<(    appointment   on    the    Staff  of   the   First   Division    N.   G.   S.   N.   Y.,  is 
hereby  announced  : 

1 

W'm.    H.   Cheskhkolm^h.   Commissary  of  Subsistence,  with  rank  of  Lieutenant-Colonel 
He   will   be  obeyed  and   respected  accordingly. 


By  order  of  Major-Generai  Alf.xandkr   Shalkr, 


J.  E.  HAMBLIN, 


Brevet  Maior-Gencral,  A.   A.  G.,  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


HEADQUARTERS    FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.,  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  November  13,  1867. 
(teneral  Orders,  ( 
No.  11.  f 

I.  This  Division  will  assemble  for  Parade  on  Monday,  S.'ith  inat., 
{Erneuntion  Day,^  in  the  followino;  order  : 

The  First  Brig-ade  Infantry  on  West  Sixteenth  street. 

The  Second  Brigade  Infantry  on  West  Fifteenth  street. 

The  Third  Brigade  Infantry  on  West  Fourteenth  street. 

The  Fourth  Brigade  Infantry  on  West  Thirteenth  street. 

The  First  Brigade  Cavalry  on  West  Twelfth  street. 

Tlie  right  of  each  Brigade  will  rest  on  Fifth  avenue. 

Brigade  Commanders  will  promptly  report  to  Brevet  Major-General 
J.  E.  Hamblin,  Chief  of  Staff,  at  the  corner  of  Fourteenth  street  and 
Fifth  avenue,  tlie  arrival  of  tlieir  respective  commands  upon  the 
ground. 

At  l.:30  o'clock  p.m,  the  command  M.vmii  will  be  given,  when  the 
First  Brigade  Infantry  will  move  down  Fifth  avenue,  followed  at 
proper  intervals  by  the  other  Brigades  in  the  order  above  named. 

The  line  of  march  will  be  down  Fifth  avenue,  through  Waverley 
Place,  Broadway,  Canal  street,  Bowery,  Fourth  avenue,  Twenty-third 
street,  Madison  avenue.  Thirty-fourth  street,  and  down  Fifth  avenue 
to  Twenty-third  street. 

The  avenues  and  streets  above  enumerated,  from  curb  to  curb,  are 
hereby  designated  as  the  Division  Parade  (iround  for  the  day. 

As  the  command  passes  the  Fifth  Avenue  Hotel,  the  honors  of  a 
marching  salute  will  be  ])aid  to  His  Excellency  R(!uben  E.  Fenton, 
Governor  of  the  State. 

Commanding  officers  will  conform  to  the  General  Rules  for  Re- 
views, as  laid  down  in  paragraph  13,  Ajipendix  II,,  Upton's  Tactics. 

II.  Hereafter  every  regiment  in  this  Division  will  parade  with  tiro 
colors,  one  of  which  shall  be  the  National  Color. 

By  order  of  Major-General  At-ex.  Shaler  : 

JOS.  E.   HAMBLIN, 
Brevet  Major-General,  A.  A.  G.,  and  Chief  of  Staff. 

Official,  : 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,   N.  G.  S.   N.  Y. 

New  York,   May  11th,   1867. 


Circular. 

Brig.  GE.\'r.  Lloyd  Aspinwall,  Commanding  4th  Brigade  Infantry, 

General : 

In  consequence  of  a  petition  from  citizens  resident  about  the  Square,  and  at 
the  request  of  the  Street  Commissioner,  the  Major-General  Commanding 
directs  that  hereafter  the  troops  of  this  command  will  refrain  from  drilling  on 
Madison  Square. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be, 

Very  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant, 

JOS.    E.    HAMBLIN, 

Division  Inspector. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,   N.  G.  S.   N.  Y. 

New  York,  April  18th,  1867. 

Circular. 

Chapter  593  of  the  Laws  of  1866,  declares  the  public  Park  known  as  Tomp- 
kins Square,  "  a  public  parade  ground  for  the  use  of  the  National  Guard  of  the 
1st  Division,  State  of  New  York,  at  such  times  as  Commandants  of  Regiments 
in  said  Division  shall  designate  by  orders." 

In  order  that  each  Regimental  Commander  may  know  in  advance  what  days 
the  ground  will  be  unoccupied,  a  reference  table  will  hereafter  be  kept  at  these 
Head-Quarters,  upon  which  any  Regimental  Commander  may  enter  his  name 
opposite  the  date  when  he  desires  to  use  the  Parade  ground,  and  thereby  ensure 
its  uninterrupted  use. 

By  order  of   Major-General  Alex.ms'DER  Shaler,  Commanding. 

JOS.   E.   HAMBLIN, 

Division  Inspector. 


HEADQU AKTEKS    HKST  DIVISION,  X.  G.,  S.  X.  Y. 

Xew  York,  Xoveniber  2,  1867. 
Circular  : 

Commanding  officers  of  re<jiments  and  battalions  will  cause  to  be 
forwarded  to  these  Headquarters,  within  thirty  days  from  the  receipt 
of  this  Circular,  for  the  information  of  the  Major-General  Command- 
ing, one  copy  of  the  Mudcr  Roll  and  Iitspectioii  KetHrn  of  each 
Company  of  their  respective  commands^,  and  one  copy  of  the  Field 
(Hid  Staff  Roll. 

These  copies  will  be  in  addition  to  those  required  by  existing  orders 
from  General  Headquarters. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Ai.ex.  Siialer  : 

M.  T.  xMcMAHOX, 
Colonel  and  Brevet  Major-General,  Division  Insjjector. 

Ofp'icial  : 


HEADQUARTERS,  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  (i.  S.  N.  Y. 

Xkw  York.  April  10,  1868. 
(tENERal  Orders,  / 
Xo.  1.  ) 

1.  The  following  order  is  hereby  promulgated  : 

"  (tEnerai.  Headquarters,  State  of  New  York,  i 
Adjutant  General's  Office,  > 

Albany,  April  (5,  1868.     ) 
Special  Orders,  } 
No.  86.  )■ 

"  Colonel  William  H.  Farrar,  of  t\\ti  Thirty-seventh  regiment,  Third 
Brigade,  First  Division,  National  Guard  of  the  State  of  New  York, 
having  appealed  from  the  proceedings,  findings  and  sentence  of  a 
General  Court-Martial  Constituted  by  General  Orders  No.  4,  dated, 
Head-Quarters  First  Division,  National  Guard,  of  the  State  of  New 
York,  May  17, 1867  (which  proceedings,  findings  and  sentence  were 
subsequently  approved  by  the  Division  Commander),  to  the  Com- 
mander-in-Chief, the  following  decision,  after  a  careful  review  of 
said  case  in  reference  to  said  appeal,  is  hereby  rendered. 

"  The  appeal  of  Colonel  William  ti.  Furrar,  Thirty-seventh  Regi- 
ment  National   Guard,  is  hereby  dismissed,  and   the  proceedings, 
findings,  and  sentence  of  the  Court  in  his  case  are  approced. 
'•  Bv  order  of  the  Commander  in-Chief. 

(Signed)  "  S.  E.  MARVIN, 

"  Adjutant-General." 

2.  Tlie  General  Court-Martial,  of  which  Brigadier-General  William 
G.  Ward  is  President,  convened  by  General  Orders  No.  4,  dated 
Headquarters  First  Division,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y..  May  17tli.  1867,  is 
her  by  dissolved. 

By  order  of  Major-CTeneral  Alexander  Shaler. 

JOSEPH  E.  HAMBLIN, 
Bvt.  Maj.-Gen.,  A.  A.  G.  and  Ch.  of  Start'. 


Headquarters  First  Division  N.  G.,  ^.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  Aprtt-  2B,  1868. 
General  Orders,  ) 
No.  2.  S 

A  General  Court  Martial  will  assemble  at  the  Armory  of  the 
Eigrhth  Regiment,  (Centre  Market,)  at  10  o'clock,  A.  M.,  on  the  6tli 
day  of  May,  18C8.  or  as  soon  therealter  as  possible,  for  the  trial  of 
Colonel  Thomas  M.  Reid,  Second  Regiment  Infantry  N.  G.,  S.  N. 
Y.,  and  such  other  prisoners  as  may  be  brought  before  it. 
DETAIL  FOR  THE  COURT  : 

1.  Brigadier-General  Joshua  M.  Varian. 

2.  Colonel  Daniel  W.  Teller,  First  Regiment  Artillery. 

3.  Colonel  Geo.  B.  Post,  Twenty-second  Regiment  Infantry. 
Major  Philip  J.  Joachimsen,  Judge  Advocate,  on  the  Staff' of  the 

Second  Brigade  of  Infantry,  is  appointed  the  Judge  Advocate  for 
the  Court.     The  Court  will  sit  without  regard  to  hours. 
By  order  of  Major-General  Alex.  Shaler. 

JOSEPH  E.  HAMBLIN, 
Bv't  Major-Gen.,  A.  A.  G.,  and  Chief  of  Statf. 
OPFTCIAL. 


HEADQUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y., 
New  York,  June  23,  1868. 
General   Orders  ) 
No.  3.  S 

This  Division  will  parade  on  the  Fourth  of  July  next,  to  celebrate 
the  Ninety-second  Anniversary  of  our  National  Independence. 

The  Troops  will  form  in  the  following  order,  viz  : 

The  First  Brigade  of  Infantry,  on  West  Twelfth  St. 

The  Second  Brigade  of  Infantry,  on  West  Thirteenth  St. 

The  Third  Brigade  of  Infantry,  on  West  Fourteenth  St. 

The  Fourth  Brigade  of  Infantry,  on  West  Fifteenth  St. 

The  First  Brigade  of  Cavalry,  on  West  Sixteenth  St. 

The  right  of  each  Brigade  will  rest  on  the  Fifth  Avenue.  Brigade 
Commanders  will  report  to  the  Chief  of  Staif,  at  the  Corner  of  Four- 
teenth St.  and  Fifth  Avenue,  the  arrival  of  their  respective  Com- 
mands upon  the  ground. 

At  7:30  o'clock  A.  M.,  the  Command  March  will  be  given,  when 
the  First  Brigade  of  Infantry  will  move  up  Fifth  Avenue,  followed 
at  proper  intervals,  by  the  other  Brigades  in  the  order  above  named. 

The  Line  of  March  will  be,  up  Fifth  Avenue,  through  Forty-sec- 
ond St.,  down  Madison  Avenue,  through  Twenty-third  St.,  down 
Fourth  Avenue  to  Fourteenth  St. 

The  x\venues  and  Streets  above  enumerated,  from  Curb  to  Curb, 
are  hereby  designated  as  the  Division  Parade  ground  for  the  day. 

Commanding  Officers  will  conform  to  the  General  Rules  for 
Reviews,  as  laid  down  on  page  380,  paragraph  13,  Appendix  II.,  Up- 
ton's Tactics. 

Before  the  parade  is  dismissed  the  honors  of  a  Marching  Salute 
will  be  paid  to  his  Honor  the  Mayor  and  members  of  the  Common 
Council  of  the  City  of  New  York. 

Brigadier-General  Louis  Burger  will  direct  a  National  Salute  to 
be  fired  from  the  Battery  at  sunrise  and  at  noon. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

JOSEPH  E.  HAMBLIN, 
Brevet  Major-General,  A.  A.  G.  and  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official 


HKADQUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  X.  G.  S.  N   Y.. 

N?^w  York.  June  37,  1868. 
Generol   Orders  \ 
No.  4.  \ 

So  much  of  (xeneral  Orders  No.  8,  c.  s.,  as  directs  the  march  of 
this  Division  through  Forty-second  street  on  the  4th  day  of  July, 
prox.,  is  hereby  revoked.  The  column  will  pass  from  the  Fifth  ave- 
nue through  Thirtii-eirjhth  .street  (instead  of  Forty-second  street)  to 
Madison  avenue. 

His  Honor  the  Mayor  and  the  members  of  tlie  Common  Council 
of  tlie  City  of  New  York  will  receive  the  Marching  Salute,  as  indi- 
cated in  General  Orders  No.  3,  c.  s.,  in  front  of  the  "Clarendon 
Hotel,"  east  side  of  Fourth  avenue,  corner  Eighteenth  street. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Ai.kx.\nder  Shaler. 

JOSEPH  E.  HAMBLIN, 
Brevet  Maior-(Teneral,  A.  A.  (t.  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


^3i^»^. 


HEAJ)QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 
New  York,  June  30,  1868. 

(reneral  Orders  \ 
No.  5.  \ 

I. — Before  a  (leneral  Court  Martial,  which  convened  at  the 
Armory  of  the  Sth  Regiuient  Infantry,  X.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  pursuant  to 
General  Orders  No.  2,  datid  Headquarters,  1st  Division,  N.  G.  S. 
N.  Y.,  New  York,  A])rii  33.  18GS,  and  of  which  Brio^adier-General 
.loshua  M.  Variau  is  president,  was  arraijjned  and  tried,  Colonel 
Thomas  M.  Reid,  2d  Regiment  Infantry,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

Charge. — Disobedience  of  orders. 

Specification,  1st. — "In  this;  that  he,  the  said  Colonel  Thomas 
M.  Reid,  of  the  2d  Regiment,  1st  Brig-ade  of  Infantry,  1st  Division, 
N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  being  in  command  of  the  said  Regiment,  and  being 
ordered  in  writing  by  Brigadier  (General  William  G.  Ward,  com- 
manding the  said  Brigade  lo  cause  to  be  made  out  and  sent  to  t  .e 
Headquarters  of  the  said  1st  Brigade  of  Infantry  on  or  before  the 
the  2Gt  I  day  of  December,  18(57,  a  new  series  of  Consolidated 
Reports  for  certain  parades  of  said  Regiment,  held  on  the  25th  and 
I'Oih  days  of  September,  1867,  anjl  on  the  25th  day  of  November, 
1867,  in  place  of  certain  ConsoliLated  Reports  for  said  parades 
which  had  theretofore  been  sent  to  the  Headquarters  of  said  Brigade, 
and  to  cause  to  be  made  on  said  new  series  of  Consolidated 
Reports,  certain  alterations  from  those  theretofore  returned  as  afore- 
said, did  refuse  to  obey  &nAA\t\  disobey  said  orders.  All  this  at  the 
City  of  New  York,  in  the  County  and  State  of  New  York,  between 
the  5th  day  of  December,  1867,  and  the  7th  day  of  January,  1868." 

Specification  2d. — "  In  this  ;  that  he,  the  said  Colonel  Thomas  M. 
Reid,  of  the  2nd  Regiment,  1st  Brigade,  1st  Division,  N.  G.  S.  N. 
v.,  being  in  command  of  said  Regiment,  and  being  ordered  by 
Brigadier  General  William  G.Ward,  commanding  said  Brigade, 
by  written  orders  to  forthwith  strike  out  from  the  Company  and 
Regimental  Rolls  of  said  Regiment,  certain  names  which  had  been 
a  short  time  tlieretofore  directed  to  be  stricken  out  by  Major  Edward 
(lilon,  Inspector  of  said  Brigade,  and  to  cause  the  Company  and 
Regimental  Descriptive  Books  of  the  said  Regiment  to  be  made  to 
correspond  thereto  by  suitable  entries  and  to  report  to  said  Briga- 


(li;.T-G.-neral  William  (i.  War.l  in  writin  t  when  said  order  should 
have  been  obeyed,  with  lists  of  names  so  stricken  oat,  did  refuse 
to  obey,  and  did  disobey  said  order.  All  this  at  tlie  City  of  New  York, 
in  the  County  and  State  of  New  York,  between  the  5th  day  of 
Decemb(  r,  1867,  and  the  7th  day  of  January,  1868." 

To  which  charo^e  and  specifications  tlie  accused.  Colonel  Thomas 
M.  Reid,  2  1  Reofiment,  1st  Brirrade,  1st  Division  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 
pleaded  as  follows  : 

To  the  1st  Specification,  "  Not  (xuilty.  " 

To  the  2d  Specification,  "  Not  Guilty.  " 

To  the  ('har<Te,    '  Xot  Guilty.  " 

Finding. 

The  Court  havinoj  maturely  weighed  and  considered  the  evi- 
dence in  support  of  the  charojes  against  the  accused,  ('oloiiel 
Thomas  M.  Reid,  of  the  2d  Regiment  Infantry,  1st  Brigade,  1st 
Division  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  and  also  his  defence  and  the  evidence  in 
su))port  of  it,  is  of  the  opinion,  and  finds  tin;  accused  is 

Of  the  1st  Specification,  '•  Not  Guilty.  " 

Of  the  2d  Specification.  "  Not  Guilty." 

Of  the  Charge,  "  Not  Guilty."  " 

And  th(i  Court  does  therefore  acquit  him  thereof. 

11. — -The  duty  of  the  Court  in  the  above  case  is  clearly  stated  in 
Paragraph  192  General  Regulations.  "  Military  tribunals  must 
uphold  discipline  sx  all  hazards.  They  will,  however,  always  jus- 
tify the  disobedience  of  an  order  which  is  chatly  sJioion  to  be 
illecjal." 

The  disobedience  alleged  in  the  specifications  is  distinctly  pro- 
ven. The  legality  of  General  Ward's  order,  is  established  by 
General  Regulations  Paragraph  498  :  "  It  will  be  the  duty  of  any 
officer  who  may  be  required  by  a  superior  in  command,  or  in  his 
department  or  corps,  to  furnish  such  superior  with  any  returns  or 
informntion  necessary  for  the  making  or  correction  of  the  roster, 
or  which  may  relate  to  the  service  or  department."  Also  Para- 
grajjli  676  :  "  Commanding  ofiicers  may  at  any  time  require  reports 
to  be  made  to  them,  by  subordinate  officers,  as  to  the  state  of  their 
respective  counnands,  the  condition  of  their  arms  and  equipments, 
and  of  nil  other  facts  necessary  to  give  information  respecting  the 


efficiency  of  tlie  forces  witliin  their  respective  districts,  or  in  rela- 
tion to  any  other  matter  incident  to  the  coniiiiand."  Also  Para- 
graph 082  :  "  No  person  shall  he  considi  red  a  member  of  a  com- 
pany, who  does  not  enlist  /ly?  actual  ser  eke  therein'"  etc.  _  Also 
Paragraph  680  :  "  Commandants  of  regiments  and  companies  are 
requi'red  to  strike  /mw  their  rolls  the  names  of  all  persons  who 
have  been  received  or  retained  as  members  of  such  regiments  or 
companies  c<mtrary  to  the  provisions  of  law  and  these  regulations, 
and  they  are  strictly  forbidden  to  grant  to  any  such  person  a  cer- 
tificate of  service,  or  of  exemption,  or  discharge  from  military 
service."  Also  Paragraph  ISO  :  "  Military  Courts  will  take  notice 
of  all  laws  and  publishtd  rules  and  regulations  established  by  the 
commander-in-chief  without  the  same  being  otherwise  proved, 
and  are  governed  in  their  proceedings,  first,  by  tln'  written  laws 
and  regulations,  a)id  next  bi/  the  customs  of  war." 

Tlie  order  of  General  Ward  is  consonant  with  general  mili- 
tary principles  and  practice.  The  decision  of  the  Court  is  at  vari- 
ance with  the  facts  and  law,  and  prejudicial  to  the  interests  of  the 
service 

III.—The  proceedings  and  finding  in  the  foregoing  case  are  dis- 
approved. 

IV.— Colonel  Tlwmas  M.  Eeid,  2d  Regiment  Infantry  N.  Gr.  S.  N. 
Y.,  is  released  from  arrest,  and  will  resume  command  of  his  regi- 
ment. ^  .      ,.      ^  , 

v.— The  General  Court-Martial,  of  which  Brigadier-General 
Joshua  M.  Varian  is  president,  is  hereby  dissolved 

By  Command  of  Major-General  Alsxandek  Shaler  : 

JOSEPH  E.  HAMBLIN, 
Brevet  Major-General,  A.  A.  6r.,  and  Chief  of  Staff. 

official. 


headquartees,  first  division,  n.  q..  s.  n.  y. 

New  Yohk,  August  20,  1868. 
General  Orders) 
No.  6.  f 

Official  notice  lias  been  fnrnislied  these  lieadqiiarters  tliat  Mr. 
Patrick  Devoy  lias  been  ap])ointed  an  affent  of  Ordnance  Depart 
ment  for  the  collection  of  all  military  property  belonofino-  to  the 
State  of  New  York,  in  the  hands  of  persons  not  authorized  to  hold 
the  same  in  tlie  First  Division  district. 

All  officers  of  this  command  havino-  knowledge  of  arms  beinpr 
in  possession  of  unauthorized  persons  are  hereby  required  to  notify 
Mr.  Devoy.     His  office  hours  will  be  from   11  o'clock,  A.  M.,  till  2 
o'clock,  p  M.,  at  No.  8  Barclay  Street,  until  September  10,  1868. 
By  order  of  Major-General  Shaler. 

JOSEPH  E.  HAMBLTN, 
Brevet  Major-General,  A.  A.  G.  and  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official  : 


HEAD-OTARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.   N.  Y. 

New  York,  September  loth,  1868. 

Gkneral  Orders,  } 
No.  r.  f 

I.  The  following  order  is  hereby  promulgated  : 

GENERAL  HEAD-CJUARTERS,  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK. 
Ad.iutant-General"s  OrncE. 

Albany,  Sept.  8tli.  ISOS. 
Special  Ordersi  I 
No.  199.  )' 

1.  Brigadier-General  J.  H.  Liebenau,  Commissary  General  of  Subsistence,  is  hereby  detailed 
as  Acting  Assistant  Inspector-General,  to  make  the  inspections  in  the  First  and  Second  Divi- 
sions, N.  G.,  required  by  Section.^  271  and  274,  Military  Code. 

2.  General  Liebenau  will  attend  the  annual  inspections  and  muster  of  the  several  organiza- 
tions in  said  Divisions,  and  will  see  that  the  Brigade  Inspectors  conform  in  all  respects  to  the 
provisions  of  General  Orders  No.  21,  current  series.  He  will  make  such  further  inspections  and 
reviews  as  he  may  deem  neces-sary,  and  will  make  a  full  report  to  these  Head-quarters. 

3.  Division.  Brigade  and  Regimental  Commanders  will  furnish  such  assistance  as  General 
Liebenau  may  require  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties  under  these  orders. 

4.  General  Liebenau  will  confer  with  the  Division  Commanders  as  to  the  dates  to  be  desig- 
nated for  the  several  inspections. 

5.  The  Commandants  of  the  Fir-t  and  Second  Divisions  will  promulgate  this  order  within 
their  respective  commands. 

By  order  of  the  Commander-in-Chief, 

(Signed)  S.  E.  MARVIN, 

Adjutant-General. 
Official:   J.  B.  Stoxehouse, 

Assistant  Adjutant-General. 

II.  To  carry  out  provisions  of  Paragraph  4  of  Special  Orders  No.  199, 
hereby  promulgated,  the  Major-Gereral  commanding  directs  that  the  Brigadier- 
Generals  of  this  Division  meet  at  the  Armory  of  the  Seventh  Regiment  Infantry 
(Third  Avenue  and  Sixth  Street)  on  Thursday,  the  17th  inst.,  at  4  o'clock,  i'.  M., 
to  confer  with  Brigadier-General  J.  H.  Liebe.nau,  A.  I.  G.,  as  to  the  dates  to 
be  designated  for  the  several  inspections  of  their  commands. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Ai.exanukr  Shai.er, 

JOSEPH   E.   HAMBLIN, 

Brevet  Major-Gcnentl,  A.  A.  G.  and  Chief  of  Staff. 

Official : 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,   N.  G.  S.   N.   Y. 


Nkw  York,  October  14ih,  18(5^. 


GknkRal  Ordkrs,  ) 

No.  8.  f 


The  following  promotions  and  appointments  are  announced  on  the  Staff  of 
the  Major-General  commanding  : 

Lieutenant-Colonel  John  Fowler,  Jr.,  to  be  Division  Inspector,  with  the 
rank  of  Colonel,  vice  Brevet  Major-General  M.  T.  McMahon,  resigned. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Wm.  H.  Chesebrough,  to  be  Ordnance  Officer,  vice 
Fowler,  promoted. 

Major  JuiiX  J.  Donaldsu.n,  to  be  Commissar}'  of  Subsistence,  with  the  rank 
of  Lieutenant-Colonel,  vice  Chesebrough,  appointed  Ordnance  Officer. 

C.\Ri.  JussEN  (formerly  Adjutant  and  A.  D.  C,  U.  S.  Vols.),  to  be  Aide-de- 
Camp,  with  the  rank  of  Major,  vice  Donaldson,  promoted. 

They  will  be  obeyed  and  respected  accordingly. 


By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  S^L^LER. 


JOSEPH   E.   HAMBLIN. 
BreTYi  Mnjor-Gfiwral,  A.  A.  6'.,  ami  Cliiff  of  Staff. 


Official : 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,   N.   G.   S.   N.  Y. 


New  York,  November  3d,  1868. 


(iKNKKAI.  OkDERS,    ( 

No.  9.  \ 


Until  further  orders,  the   Head-Quarters  of  this  Division  are  established  at 
Nos.  127  and  139  Mercer  Street. 


By  command  of  Major-General  Ai.k.\ander  Shaler, 


JOSEPH   E.   HAMBLIN. 
BvtMajoi-Gen'l,  A.  A.  G.,  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,   N.  G.  S.   N.  Y. 

Nkw  York,  November  '2d,  1S6S. 


(iKNERAL  ORDKRS,    / 
No.    10.  f 


Should  the  services  of  the  First  Division, N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.  be  required  at  any 
time  hereafter,  to  aid  the  civil  authorities  in  quelling  a  riot,  and  sufficient  time 
not  be  allowed  to  issue  written  or  verbal  notice  to  the  officers  and  men,  twelve 
strokes  in  rapid  succession  repeated  four  times  upon  the  tower  bells  of  the 
Metropolitan  Fire  Department  will  be  sounded.  Upon  hearing  this  signal,  the 
otficers  and  men  will  assemble  at  their  respective  armories,  in  fatigue  dress, 
and  await  orders. 


By  command  of  Major-General  Shalk.r, 


JOSEPH   E.   HAMBLIN, 
Hre'c'et  Major-Geiic'ral,  A.  A.  6'.,  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


Hrig.  Cieti.  Li.oyh  AsriNWAi.i,, 

Commanding  4th  Brigade,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 


HEADQUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  W.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  November  7,  18fiH. 
General  Orders ) 

No.  11.         f 

This  Division  will  assemble  for  review  by  his  Excellency,  R.  E. 
Feuton,  Governor  of  tlie  State  of  New  York,  on  Wednesday,  the 
25th  instant  (Evacuation  Day),  at  2  o'clock  p.  M. 

The  troops  in  the  usual  order,  viz. :  First,  Second,  Third,  and 
Fourth  Brijiades  of  Infantry,  and  First  Brigade  of  Cavalry  will 
form  in  deployed  line  on  Fifth  avenue,  riff  lit  resting  on  Waverly 
Place. 

Brigade  commanders  will  assemble  their  commands  on  tlie 
streets  west  of  Fifth  avenue  at  such  intervals  as  will  facilitate  the 
formation  without  interference  or  delay. 

The  route  of  march  will  be  through  Waverley  Place,  Broadway, 
Fourth  avenue.  Twenty-third  street,  and  Madison  avenue  to 
Twenty-seventh  street. 

Tlie  corner  of  Twenty-sixth  street  and  Madison  avenue  is  desig- 
nated as  the  point  of  review. 

Regimental  commanders  will  conform  to  the  "  general  rules 
for  reviews"  as  prescribed  in  par.  12,  on  page  380,  appendix  2,  Up- 
ton's Tactics. 

By  command  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

JOSEPH  E.  HAMBLIN, 
Brevet  Major-General,  A.  A.  G.,  and  Chief  of  Staff. 

Official : 


HEADQUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,   N.  G.  S.   N.  Y. 

New  York,  November  20,  1868. 

General  Orders,  ) 
No.  12.  f 

I.  General  Orders  No.  11  c.  s.,  from  these  headquarters,  dated  November 
7th,  is  hereby  revoked. 

II.  This  Division  will  assemble  for  parade,  on  Wednesday,  the  ioth  instant 
(Evacuation  Day),  in  the  following  order,  viz.: 

The  First  Brigade  of  Infantry,  in  West  Twelfth  Street. 

The  Second  Brigade  of  Infantry,  in  West  Thirteenth  Street. 

The  Third  Brigade  of  Infantry,  in  West  Fourteenth  Street. 

The  Fourth  Brigade  of  Infantry,  in  West  Fifteenth  Street. 

The  First  Brigade  of  Cavalry,  in  West  Si.xteenth  Street. 

The  right  of  each  Brigade  will  rest  on  Fifth  Avenue.  Brigade  commanders 
will  report  to  the  Chief  of  StafT,  at  the  corner  of  Fourteenth  Street  and  Fifth 
Avenue,  the  arrival  of  their  respective  commands  upon  the  ground. 

At  2  o'clock,  P.  M.,  the  command  .march  will  be  given,  when  the  First 
Brigade  of  Infantry  will  move  through  Fourteenth  Street,  followed  by  the  other 
Briy;ades,  in  the  order  aboved  named. 

The  route  of  march  will  be  through  Fourteenth  Street,  Fourth  Avenue, 
Twenty- third  Street,  Madison  Avenue,  Forty-second  Street,  and  down  Fifth 
.Avenue  to  Twenty-third  Street. 

The  avenues  and  streets  above  enumerated,  from  curb  to  curb,  are  hereby 
designated  as  the  Division  Parade  Ground  for  the  day. 

As  the  command  passes  the  Fifth  Avenue  Hotel,  the  honors  of  a  marching 
salute  will  be  paid  to  His  E.xcellency,  Rev  hen  E.  Fenton,  Governor  of  the 
State  of  New  York. 

Commanding  officers  will  conform  to  the  General  Rules  for  Reviews,  as  laid 
down  on  page  880,  paragraph  12,  appendi.x  II.,  Upton's  Tactics. 

By  order  of  Major-Gcneral  Alexander  Shaler. 

JOSEPH   E.   HAMBLIN. 

Brevet  Major-Geucml,  A.  A.  C,  CItief  of  Staff. 
Official. 


HEADQUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y., 

New  York,  December  19,  1868. 
General  Orders ) 
No.  VS.         \ 

I.  The  Major-Gt-neral  Cominandinfr  announces  with  sincere  re- 
gret tlie  resiijfnations  of  Colonel  and  Brevet  Major-General  Martin 
T.  McMahon,  Division  Inspector,  and  Colonel  and  Brevet  Major- 
General  Joseph  E.  Haniblin,  Assistant  Adjutant-General  and  Chief 
of  StatF.  These  <rallant  and  meritorious  Officers  have  each  re- 
ceive an  Honorable  Disdiartje. 

II.  The  recent  transfer  of  General  McMahon  to  the  Diplomatic 
Service  of  the  Nation  may  justly  be  rejrarded  in  the  liirht  of  a 
well  deserved  Promotion.  His  numerous  Iriends  in  this  Division 
ciierish  a  warm  interest  in  his  future  prosperity,  and  derive  f^reat 
pleasure  from  the  assurance  that  hisdutiesasa  Minister  of  the 
United  States  will  at  all  times  be  performed  with  zeal,  intelligence 
and  fidelity  such  as  distinguished  his  conduct  in  the  Field. 

III.  General  Hamblin's  career  is  an  honor  to  himself  and  to 
the  Division  in  which  he  received  the  rudiments  of  his  military 
education.  By  his  own  accomplishments  and  efficiency  he  has 
illustrated  the  advantages  of  maintaining,  ii  time  of  Peace,  Mili- 
tary Organizations  which  sha  1  prove  effective  in  time  of  War. 
His  many  honorable  and  eminently  useful  public  services  nobly 
vindicate  the  Fame  of  the  First  Division.  His'liarly  companions, 
in  whose  presence  he  now  grace! uUy  shea* lies  his  untarnished 
Swonl,  will  always  hold  him  in  grateful  ren  embrance. 

IV.  The  following  Promotions  and  Appointments  are  announced 
on  the  Staff  of  the  Major  General  Commanding: 

Colonel  John  Fowler,  Jr.,  to  be  Assistant  Adjutant  General  and 
Chief  of  Staff,  with  the  rank  of  Colonel,  vice  llamblin,  resigned. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  William  H.  Cliesebrough,  to  be  Division  In- 
spector, with  the  rank  of  Colonel,  vice  Fowler,  appointed  Assistant 
Adjutant  General  and  Chief  of  Staff. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  John  J.  Dona  dson,  to  be  Ordnance  Officer 
with  the  rank  of  Lieutenant-Colonel,  vice  Cliesebrough  promoted. 

Captain  George  McClure,  of  the  Fourth  Briga  ie  Staff,  to  be 
Quartermaster,  with  the  rank  ot  Lieutenant-Colonel,  vice  Bend  re- 
signed. 

Captain  Frederick  Vi^uar,  formerly  of  U.  S.  Volunteers,  to  be 
Commissary  of  Subsistence  with  the  rauk  of  Lieutenant-Colonel,  vice 
Donaldson,  appointed  Ordnance  Officer. 

Colonel  Alfred  Wagstaff,  Jr.,  to  be  Aide-de-Camp,  with  the  rank 
of  Major. 

Captain  James  Fairgrieve,  formerly  of  U.  S.  Volunteers,  to  be 
Aide-de-Camp,  with  the  rank  of  Captain. 

By  Command  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

CARL  JUSSEN, 
Major  and  Aide-de  Camp. 


HEADQUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  November  27,  1868. 
Circular. 

Brigade  commanders  will  cause  a  roster  of  their  commands  to 
be  made  out  and  forwarded  to  these  Headquarters  before  the  Ist 
prox.,  embracing  the  Brigade  commanders  and  their  staffs,  and 
the  Field  and  regimental  staff  oflBcers  only,  giving  the  name, 
rank,  position,  date  of  commission,  date  of  rank,  age,  when  com- 
missioned, and  address  ot  each  of  those  otiicers.  They  will  here- 
after cause  all  changes  in  address  and  the  address  of  each  of  those 
officers  newly  appointed  to  be  reported  to  these  Headquarters 
immediately. 

They  will  also  cause  a  return  of  the  officers  and  men  of  their  re- 
spective commands  present  at  and  absent  from  the  parade  on  the 
25tli  inst.  to  be  forwarded  to  these  Headquarters  before  the  let 
prox. 

By  order  of  Major-fxeneral  Alexander  Shaler. 

JOSEPH  E.  HAMBLIN, 
Brevet  Major-General,  A.  A.  Q.  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


Official  : 


HEADQUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  November  28,  1868. 

Circular. 

The  following  communication  from  the  President  of  the  "  Mili- 
tary Association  of  the  State  of  New  York,"  is  promulgated  for 
the  information  of  this  command  : 

MILITARY  ASSOCIATION  OF  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK. 

New  York,  November  20, 1868. 

General  :  At  the  last  meeting  of  this  Association  the  followine  reBolutions 
were  adopted : 

"That  tiii?  Association  provide  eight  Guidons,  embroidered  with  the  Coat-of- 
Arms  of  this  AsBociution,  to  be  presented,  under  direction  of  the  oflicers,  to  the 
best  drilled  Regiment  of  each  Division  of  tliis  State." 

"  And  that  a  Gold  Medal  be  provided  to  be  presented  to  any  enlisted  man  in  the 
National  Guaid  who  may  serve  the  entire  term  of  enlistment  without  having 
been  iihsent  from  any  Company  Meeting,  Drill,  or  Parade." 

"  And  that  each  Major-Generai  appoint  tliree  OfHcers  to  report  to  him,  and 
through  him  to  the  Association  what  Regiment  in  his  Division  is  entitled  to  the 
Guidon,  and  what  men  are  entitled  to  Medals." 

I  would  respectfully  request  your  cooperation  in  conformity  with  the  above 
resolutions,  and  that  the  desired  information  be  forwarded  to  me  not  later  than 
the  Ist  of  January  next. 

In  furnishing  the  number  of  the  Regiment  entitled  to  the  Guidon,  it  is  desira- 
ble that  some  little  outline  history  of  the  command  be  given,  and  also,  the  gene- 
ral features  which  led  to  its  selection  ;  the  same  to  be  incorporated  in  the  pub- 
lished proceedings  of  the  Association  at  its  next  meeting  in  January. 

The  resolution  m  relation  to  the  Medals,  must  be  viewed  strictly  in  the  spirit 
and  text  of  the  same,  and  absence  from  any  cause  (eren  if  unavoidable),  from  the 
duties  required  by  the  resolution,  debars  one  from  being  entitled  to  the  receipt  ot 
the  testimonial. 

Any  National  Guardsman,  now  a  Com  missioned  or  Non-Commissioned  Officer, 
who  originally  enlist'^d  as  a  private,  and  who  has  complied  with  the  terms  of  the 
resolution,  uill  be  entitled  to  the  Medal,  as  his  subsequent  promotion  does  not 
forfeit  his  claim  thereto. 

The  Guidons  and  Medals  will  be  pre:  ented  after  the  delivery  of  the  Annual 
Address,  on  the  evening  oi  January  20th  next,  and  a  duly  authorized  officer  from 
the  successful  command  (the  Colonel,  if  possible),  should   be  present  to  receive 
the  same,  and  any  recipient  of  a  Medal  should,  without  fail,  be  present. 
I  have  the  honor  to  remain, 

Respectlully,  your  obedient  servant, 
(Signed)  LLOYD  A8PINWALL,  President. 

To  Major-Qeneral  Alexander  Shaler. 

In  compliance  with  the  request  expressed  in  the  above  commu- 
nication, the  Major-General  commanding  the  Division  hereby  de- 
signates Brigadier-General  Brooke  Postley,  Brigadier-General 
Louis  Burger,  and  Brigadier-General  W.  G.  Ward,  as  the  three 
officers  referred  to  in  the  third  resolution,  to  determine  and  report 
the  regiment  of  the  First  Division  entitled  to  the  Guidon,  and  the 
names  of  the  men  entitled  to  the  Medals. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

JOSEPH  E.  HAMBLIN. 
Brevet  Major-General,  A.  A.  G.,  and  Chief  of  Staff. 

Official  -.^^^  ^  J 


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HEADQUARTERS  FIHST  DIVISION,   N.  d.  S.   N.  Y., 

New  Yokk,  February  18,  1869. 
General  Orders  \ 
No.  1.         \ 

A  General  Court  Mariial  will  assemble  at  the  Armory  of  the 
Ninth  Regiment  Infantry,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  at  10  o'clock  A.  M.  on  the 
27th  day  of  February,  1869,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  possil)le.  for 
the  trial  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  John  J.  Diehl,  First  Regiment 
Artillery,  N.  (t.  S.  N.  V.,  and  such  other  persons  as  may  be  brought 
before  it. 

Detail  for  the  Court: 

1.  Colonel  Jolui  H.  Wilcox,  Ninth  Regiment  Infantry. 

2.  Lieutenant-Colonel  Harry  Rockafellar,  Seventy-first  Regiment 
Infantry. 

o.  Lieutenant-Colonel  Joseph  Hillenbrand,  Fifth  Regiment  In- 
fantry. 

Major  William  C.  Traphagen,  Judge  Advocate  on  the  Staff' of 
the  First  Brigade  of  Cavalry,  is  appointed  the  Judge- Advocate  for 
the  Court. 

The  Court  will  sit  without  regard  to  hours. 

By  order  of  Major-(Teneral  Alexander  Shatter. 

JOHN  FOWLER,  Jr., 
Colonel,  A.  A.  G.,  and  Chief  of  StaflF. 

Official  : 


HEADQFARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,   April  1:5,   1869. 
General  Ordem,  \ 
No.  2.  f 

I. — The  following  General  Order  from  General  Head-quarters  is 
hereby  promulgated  for  the  information  and  government  of  those  con- 
cerned : 

(^E^•ERAL  Head-Quarters,  State  of  New  York. 

Adjutant-General's  Office.  ) 
Albany,  April  5th,  1869.      \ 
General  Orders  No.  9. 

I. — In  accordance  with  the  recommendation  of  the  Regimental, 
Brigade,  and  Division  Commanders,  and  in  further  reduction  of  the 
force,  as  contemplated  in  chap.  651,  Laws  of  1868,  the  .3d  Regiment 
Infantry.  National  Guard  of  the  State  of  New  York,  is  hereby  dis- 
banded, and  will  be  mustered  out  of  the  service  of  the  active  militia 
of  the  State. 

II. — The  provisions  of  General  Orders  No.  14,  series  of  1868, 
from  these  Head-quarters,  will  be  followed  and  govern  in  the  disband- 
ment  and  mustering  out  of  this  organization. 

III. — Major-General  Alexander  Shaler,  commanding  1st  Divis- 
ion National  Guard,  S.  N.  Y.,  will  promulgate  this  order  and  see  that 
the  execution  thei'eof  is  proceeded  with  at  once. 
B}'  order  of  the  Commander-in-chief. 

Franklin  Townsend, 

Adjutant  General. 
Official. 
(Signed.)     Franklin  Townsend, 

Adjutant-  General. 

II. — Detailed  instructions  for  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  this 
order,  will  be  found  in  General  Orders  No.  14,  series  of  1868,  from 
General  Head-quarters ;  to  Par.  XII  and  XXIII  of  which  the  attention 
of  Brigadier-General  Louis  BurCtER,  commanding  2d  Brigade,  is  spe- 
cially called. 

III. — Upon  the  execution  of  all  the  provisions  of  the  order  of 
disbandmeut.  which  will  take  place  without  delay,  the  Brigade  and 
Regimental  Commanders  will  report  the  fact  in  writing,  to  these 
Head-quarters. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

JOHN  FOWLER,  Jr., 
Colonel,  A.  A.  G.,  and  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official  : 


Major  and  A.  D.  C. 


HR AD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.   N.  Y. 

New  York,  June  14/1869. 

General  Orders,    } 

No.  ?,.  \ 

T. — Before  a  General  Court  Mnrtial,  which  convened  at  the  Armory  of  tlie 
9th  Regiment  Infantry.  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y..  pursuant  to  General  Orders  No.  I, 
dated  Head-Quarters  Ist  Division,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  New  York.  February  l.'l 
1869,  and  of  wliich  Colonel  and  Brevet-Brig'adier-General  John  H.  Wilcox 
is  President,  was  arraigned  and  tried  Lieutenant-Colonel  JoHX  J.  DiEiiL,  1st 
Regiment  Artillery,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

Charge  First. — Neglect  of  duty. 

Specification  First.— In  this  that  tlie  said  John  J.  Diehl.  Lieutenant-Colo- 
nel First  Regiment  Artillery,  Second  Brigade,  First  Division,  National  Guard 
State  of  New  York,  having  received  a  furlough  wliich  expired  August  1st, 
1867,  has  not  since  performed  any  duty  whatever  in  said  Regiment.  All 
this  at  the  City  of  New  York,  from  August  2d,  1867,  to  date. 

Specification  Second. — In  this  that  the  said  John  J.  Dield,  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  First  Regiment  Artillery,  Second  Brigade,  First  Division,  National 
Guard  State  of  New  York,  having  received  a  furlough  which  expired  on  the 
first  day  of  August,  1867,  was  by  the  terms  of  said  furlough  required  at  the 
time  of  the  expiration  thereof  to  report  for  duty,  which  he  the  said  John  J. 
Diehl,  Lieutenant-Colonel  as  aforesaid,  neglected  to  do,  and  did  not  so  report 
himself  All  this  at  the  City  of  New  York,  on  and  since  the  second  day  of 
August.  1867,  to  date. 

Chahge  Second. — Disobedience  of  orders. 

Specification. — In  this  that  an  order  had  been  duly  made  by  the 
General  Commanding  said  Second  Brigade,  in  the  words  and  "tigures  following: 

Head-Quarters  Second  Brigade  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  May  1st,  1867. 
Special  Ordtrs  No.  1 2. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  John  J.  Diehl,  First  Regiment  Artillery,  has  leave  of 
absence  from  1st  day  of  May,  at  2  o'clock,  p.  m.,  until  the  1st  day  of  August, 
1867.  at  2  o'clock,  p.  M.,  he  having  received  a  furlough  for  that  time,  at  which 
last  period  he  will  rejoin  his  Regiment,  and  report  himself  to  these  Head- 
Quarters. 

Signed  Louis  Burger, 

Brig.  Gen'l  Commandg  2d  Brigade,  1st  Div.  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

Which  order  was,  on  or  about  the  day  of  the  date  thereof,  delivered  to 
said  John  J.  Diehl.  Lieutenant-Colonel  as  aforesaid,  and  that  the  said  John 
J.  Diehl,  Lieutenant-Colonel  as  aforesaid,  did  not  report  for  duty  when  and 
as  required  liy  said  order. 

All  this  at  the  City  of  New  York,  on  and  since  the  1st  day  of  August,  1867. 

Charge  Third. — .\b.sence  without  leave. 

Specification. — In  this  that  the  said  .John  J.  Diehl,  Lieutenant-Colonel  of 
the  First  Regiment  Artillery,  Second  Brigade,  1st  Div.  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  did, 
without  leave  from  his  Commanding  officer  absent  himself  from  his  said 
Regiment,  and  remained  absent  therefrom  without  leave,  and  did  not  per- 
form any  duty  whatever  therein  from  the  1st  day  of  .\ugust.  1867,  to  and 
including  25th  day  of  May,  1808. 

All  this  at  the  City  of  New  York  at  the  times  aljove  stated. 


To  which  Charges  and  Specifications  the  accused.  Lieut. -Col.  John  J. 
Diehl,  First  Regiment  Artillery,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  pleaded  as  follows: 

To  the  First  Specification,   "Not  Guilty.'' 

To  the  Second  Specification,   "Kot  Guilty.'"  . 

To  the  First  Charge,   "  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  First  Specification,  Second  Charge.   '•  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  Second  Charge,   ■'  Not  Guilty.'' 

To  the  First  Specification,  Third  Charge,   "  Not  Guilty.'' 

To  the  Third  Charge,   "  Not  Guilty." 

FlXDIXG. 

The  Court  having  maturely  weighed  and  considered  the  evidence  in  the 
support  of  the  charges  against  the  accused  Lieutenant-Colonel  John  J.  Diehl, 
of  the  First  Regiment  Artillery,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  and  also  his  defence  and  the 
evidence  adduced  in  support  of  it,  is  of  opinion  and  finds  that  the  said  Lieut. 
Col.  John  J.  Diehl  is  not  guilty  of  the  said  charges  and  specifications,  or  of 
either  of  tliem. 

IL — The  proceedings  and  findings  in  the  foregoing  case  are  approved. 

in. — Lieutenant-Colonel  Jonw  J.  Diehl,  First  Regiment  Artillery,  N.  G. 
S.  N.  Y.,  is  hereby  released  from  arrest  and  ordered  to  report  for  duty. 

I  v.— The  General  Court  Martial  of  which  Colonel  and  Brevet-Brigadier- 
General  John  H.  Wilcox  is  President,  is  hereby  dissolved. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Siialer. 


JOHN  FOWLER,  Jr.. 
Colonel,  A.  A.  G.,  and  Chief  of  Staff'. 


Official: 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  June  15,   1869. 

General  Orders,    } 
No.  4  f 

I. — This  Division  will  parade  on  the  5th  day  of  July  next,  to  celebrate  the 
Ninety-third  Anniversary  of  our  National  Independence. 

II. — The  troops  will  assemble  as  follows  : 

The  1st  Brigade  of  Infantry  on  4th  Street,  East  of  Broadway. 
The  2d  Brigade  of  Infantry  on  4th  Street,  West  of  Broadway. 
The  3d  Brigade  of  Infantry  on  Great  Jones  Street. 
The  4th  Brigade  of  Infantry  on  Amity  Street. 
The  1st  Brigade  of  Cavalry  on  Bond  Street. 

III. — They  will  be  formed  in  close  columns  of  companies,  right  in  front,  the 
head  of  each  Brigade  resting  on  Broadway. 

IV. — The  mounted  Artillery  will  be  reported  to  the  commanding  officer  of 
the  1st  Brigade  of  Cavalry,  and  assigned  a  position  in  column  in  rear  of  the 
Cavalry. 

V. — Brigade  Commanders  will  report  to  the  Chief  of  Staff,  on  Broadway, 
corner  of  Washington  Place,  as  soon  as  their  respective  Brigades  are  formed. 

VI. — The  column  will  march  at  7:30,  a.  m.,  the  1st  Brigade  of  Infantry 
leading,  the  other  Brigades  following,  at  proper  intervals,  in  the  order  above 
named. 

VII. — The  line  of  march  will  be  down  Broadway  to  Canal  Street,  throtigh 
Canal  Street  to  the  Bowery,  up  the  Bowery  and  4th  Avenue  to  23d  Street, 
through  23d  Street  to  Madison  Avenue,  up  Madison  Avenue  to  34th  Street, 
through  34th  Street  to  5th  Avenue,  and  down  5th  Avenue  to  23d  Street. 

VIII. — The  Streets  and  Avenues  above  named,  from  curb  to  curb,  are 
designated  as  the  Division  parade  ground  for  the  day. 

IX. — Brigadier-General  Burger  will  direct  a  National  Salute  to  be  fired 
from  the  Battery  at  sunrise  and  at  noon. 

X. — As  the  column  passes  the  "  Travellers  Club  House,"  (on  5th 
Avenue,  second  door  above  26th  Street,  on  the  West  side),  the  honor  of  a 
marching  salute  will  be  paid  to  His  Honor  the  Mayor. 

XI. — At  the  Worth  Monument  the  column  will  pass  in  review  before  the 
officers  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  and  immediately  thereafter  be  dismissed. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

JOHN  FOWLER,  Jr., 

Colonel,  A.  A.  G.,  and  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official: 


Major  and  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  July  1,  1869. 

General  Orders,    ) 
No.  5.  \ 

A  Geueral  Court  Martial  will  assemble  at  the  1st  Cavalry  Brigade  Head- 
quarters, 7.  9,  and  11  West  ]3tli  Street,  City  of  New  York,  on  the  20th  day 
of  July,  1869.  at  10  o'clock,  a.  m..  of  that  day.  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  pos- 
sible, for  the  trial  of  Colonel  JOHS  D.  Krehbiel,  96th  Regiment  Infantry, 
2d  Brigade,  1st  Division  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  and  such  other  persons  as  may  be 
brought  before  it. 

DETAIL    FOR   THE    COURT: 

1- — Brigadier-lxeueral  Brooke  Postley,  1st  Brigade  Cavalry. 

2. — Colonel  John  Ward,  12th  Regiment  Infantry, 

3. — Colonel  William  S.  Carr,  8th  Regiment  Infantry. 

Major  George  R.  Schieffelix,  Judge  Advocate  on  the  Staff  1st  Brigade  of 
Infantry,  is  appointed  the  Judge  Advocate  of  the  Court. 
The  Court  will  sit  witliout  regard  to  hours. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 


Official: 


JOHN  FOWLER,  Jr., 
Colonel,  A.  A.  G.,  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,   N.  G.  S.   N.  Y. 

New  York,  July  1st,  1869. 

General  Orders,  } 
No.  6.  f 

The  Flags  hereinafter  described  having  been  approved  by  the  Commander-in- 
Chief,  for  the  purpose  of  designating  the  Head-quarters  of  the  1st  Division  and 
the  Head-quarters  of  the  different  Brigades  therein,  are  hereby  announced  as 
such  Head-quarters  Flags: 

Head-quarters  1st  Division. 

Shape. — Swallow-tail. 
Size. — 5  feet  hoist,  6  feet  6  inch  fly. 
Field. — White  silk. 
Bordei-. — Yellow  silk,  2  inches  wide. 

Design. — Arms  impaled;  dexter  side.  New  York  State  coat  of  arms;  sinister 
side,  New  York  City  coat  of  Arms;    in-chief,  the  American  Flag. 

Head-quarters  Cavalry  Brigade. 
Shape. — Triangle. 

Size. — 4  feet  6  inch  hoist,  6  feet  flv. 
//V/a'.— White  silk. 

Border. — Yellow  silk,  1^  inches  wide. 

Design. — Shield,  bendy,  red,  white  and  blue,  with  the  numeral  of  Brigade  in 
gold  and  black,  and  swords  crossed  behind  the  shield. 

Head-quarters  Infantry  Brigade. 

Shape. — Triangle. 

Size. — 4  feet  6  inch  hoist,  6  feet  fly. 
/iV/r/.— White  silk. 

Border. — Yellow  silk,  \%  inches  wide. 

Design. — Shield,  bendy,  red,  white,  and  blue,  with  the  numeral  of  Brigade  in 
gold  and  black. 

These  Flags  will  hereafter  on  all  occasions  of  parade,  review,  or  drill  of  the 
Division,  or  of  a  Brigade  thereof,  be  carried  by  a  mounted  Non-commissioned 
Officer  (Sergeant  for  Division,  and  Corporal  for  Brigade),  accompanied  by  at 
least  two  and  not  to  exceed  four  mounted  Orderlies  with  Brigade  Head-quarters 
and  not  to  exceed  six  mounted  Orderlies  with  Division  Head-quarters.  The 
Flag  bearers  and  the  mounted  Orderlies  will  ride  two  paces  in  rear  of  the  Staff. 

These  Flags  will  be  used  strictly  as  Head-quarter  Flags,  paraded  always  and 
only  with  the  troops,  and  carried  near  the  Commanding  Officers,  without  regard 
to  their  rank.  When  not  in  use,  they  will  be  kept  at  the  different  Head-quarters 
under  the  charge  of  the  Division  and  Brigade  Commanders,  be  considered  as 
the  property  of  the  Division  and  Brigades  respectively,  and  turned  over  to  suc- 
cessors in  office. 

No  other  Flags,  Banners,  or  devices  will  be  used  to  represent  the  Division  or 
Brigade  Head-quarters. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

JOHN  FOWLER,  Jr., 

Colonel,  A.  A.  G.,  and  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official  : 


Major  and  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 


New  York,  Julv  20,  1S69. 


General  Orders, 
No.  7. 


I. — Colonel  William  S.  Carr,  8th  Regiment  Infantry  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  is 
hereby,  at  his  own  request,  relieved  from  duty  on  the  Court  Martial  ordered 
July  1st,  for  the  trial  of  Colonel  Kreiibiel. 

II. — Colonel  W.  B.  Allen',  commanding  55tli  Reg't  Infantry  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 
is  hereby  detailed  for  duty  on  said  Court  Martial,  in  the  place  of  Colonel 
Carr  relieved. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Siialer. 


JOHN  FOWLER,  Jr.. 
Colonel,  A.  A.  G..  ,md  Chief  of  Staff. 


Official 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.   G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  September  22d,  1869. 

General  Orders,  } 

No.  8.  f 

1. — Before  a  General  Court  Martial  which  convened  at  the  First  Cavalry  Bri- 
gade Head-quarters,  7,  9  and  11  West  13th  Street,  City  of  New  York,  pursuant 
to  General  Order  No.  5,  dated  Head-quarters  1st  Div^ision,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y., 
New  York,  July  1st,  1869,  and  of  which  Brigadier  General  Brooke  Postley  is 
President,  was  arraigned  Colonel  John  D.  Krehbiei,,  96th  Regiment  Infantry 
3d  Brigade,  1st  Division,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

Ch.-yrge. — Disrespect  to  a  superior  officer. 

Specification  First. — In  this  that  the  said  Colonel  John  D.  Krehbiei., 
Colonel  96th  Regiment  Infantry,  2d  Brigade,  1st  Division,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y., 
being  present  with  Brigadier  General  Louis  Burger,  Commanding  said  Second 
Brigade,  and  other  Commissioned  Officers  of  said  National  Guard  serving  in 
said  Brigade,  at  a  meeting  for  instruction  held  by  and  in  pursuance  of  an  order 
duly  made  by  said  General,  then  and  there  in  the  presence  and  hearing  of  said 
General  being  his  superior  officer,  and  other  officers  then  present,  in  a  disre- 
spectful and  insubordinate  manner  did  say  and  speak  to  the  said  General  his 
said  superior  officer,  referring  to  a  certain  other  order  duly  made  by  said  Gen- 
eral, and  which  order  is  Special  Orders  No.  12,  Head-quarters  2d  Brigade,  1st 
Division,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  and  of  which  a  copy  is  hereto  annexed,  the  following 
words:  "  General,  have  you  issued  this  order?"  "  This  is  no  lawful  order,  and 
I  will  not  obey  it."  "  I  would  issue  no  order  for  the  election  of  a  Lieutenant 
before  advising  wiih  the  Captain."  "I  am  responsible  for  the  Regiment." 
"  I  will  make  a  complaint  to  the  Adjutant-General,"  and  that  the  said  Colonel 
John  D.  Krehbiel  then  and  there  went  away  from  said  meeting  and  officers, 
and  left  the  same  in  an  excited  manner  and  without  leave. 

This  at  the  Armory  of  the  1st  Regiment  Artillery,  2d  Brigade,  1st  Division, 
N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  on  the  27th  May,  1869. 

Specification  Second. — In  this  that  the  said  John  D.  Krehbiel,  Colonel 
96th  Regiment  Infantry,  2d  Brigade,  1st  Division,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  upon  being 
personally  served  with  the  Special  Orders  No.  12,  aforesaid,  did  in  a  disrespect- 
ful and  insubordinate  manner  say  and  speak  to  said  Captain  Bauer  the  follow- 
ing words  in  the  German  language,  understood  by  said  Captain  Bauer,  in  ref- 
erence to  said  Brigadier-General  Louis  Burger,  his  aforesaid  superior  officer: 
"  Ich  wuenche  dass  sie  dem  General  Burger  folgende  zwei  punkte  von  mir 
ausrichten:  Istens,  dass  Ich  die  Order  No.  12,  nicht  befolgen  werde.  2tens, 
dass  ich  augenbliklich  schritte  thun  werde  um  mein  Regiment  aus  der  2ten  Bri- 
gade transferriren  zu  lassen,"  which  being  translated  into  the  English  language 
means  as  follows:  "  I  (said  Colonel  Krehbiel  meaning)  wish  that  you  would 
take  the  following  two  points  from  me  to  General  Burger:  First,  that  I,  (said 
Colonel  Krkiibiel  meaning)  will  not  obey  Order  No.  12  (meaning  said  Special 
Order  No.  12,  of  which  a  copy  is  hereto  annexed).  Second,  that  I  (said  Colonel 
Krehbiel  meaning)  will  take  immediate  steps  to  have  my  Regiment  (meaning 
the  said  96th  Regiment  Infantry)  transferred  from  the  2d  Brigade." 

This  at  the  City  of  New  York,  the  27th  May,  1869. 

The  accused  having  presented  to  said  Court  the  following  paper. 


To  the  President  and  Meuibcrs  of  the  General  Court  Martial  appointed  for  tlie  trial 
oftheQoXon&X}.  D.  Krehbiel,  of  the  96///  Regiment  Infantry,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

Gentlemen: — Whereas  the  provisions  of  §§  112  and  113  of  the  Gen- 
eral Regulations  for  the  Military  Forces  of  the  State  of  New  York  have  in  my 
case  not  been  complied  with,  inasmuch  as  I  have  not  been  furnished  with  a 
copy  of  the  order  convening,  or  list  of  the  officers  composing  this  Court.  I  am, 
therefore,  by  a  proper  respect  for  the  laws  of  the  State,  for  the  Court,  and  for 
myself,  constrained  to  and  hereby  do  protest  against  any  further  proceeding 
by  your  honorable  body  in  the  matter,  unless  in  compliance  with  law. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be.  gentlemen, 

Very  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant, 

J.    D.    KrEH15IEI,, 

Colonel  96///  Regiment,  N.  G.  S.  X.  V. 
New  York  City,  September  1,  1869. 

The  Judge  Advocate  thereupon  stated  that  the  prosecution  was  not  prepared 
with  any  evidence  of  service  of  said  order,  as  required  by  Paragraphs  112  and 
113  of  the  General  Regulations  (the  prosecutor  and  accused  being  present  in 
court). 

The  Court  then  announced  its  decision,  that  without  proof  of  service  of  a 
copy  of  the  order  as  required  by  paragraph  113  of  the  General  Regulations,  the 
accused  declining  t<3  waive  the  objection,  there  was  no  jurisdiction  in  the  Court 
to  proceed  further  with  the  trial  of  the  accused,  and  the  Court  thereupon 
adjourned  sine  die. 

II. — The  proceedings  in  the  foregoing  case  are  approved. 

III. — Colonel  John  D.  Krehbiel,  96th  Regiment  Infantry,  2d  Brigade,  1st 
Division,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  is  hereby  relieved  from  arrest,  and  ordered  to  report 
for  duty. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Sh.\ler. 

JOHN  FOWLER,  Jr.. 

Colonel,  A.  A.  G.,  and  Chief  of  Staff. 

Official  : 


Major  and  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  September  27,  1869. 

General  Orders,    | 
No.    9.  f 

I. — This  Command  will  parade  for  Review  l)y  His  Excellency  the  Com- 
mander-in-Chier,  on  Wednesday,  the  6th  proximo.  The  troops  will  be  form- 
ed in  deployed  line  on  5th  Avenue,  the  right  resting  on  Waverley  Place;  the 
Brigades  in  their  numerical  order  from  right  to  left,  with  the  1st  Brigade  of 
Cavalry  on  the  left.  The  1st  Brigade  of  Infantry  will  take  its  position  at  2 
o'clock,  p.  M..  as  the  base  of  the  formation,  each  of  the  other  Brigades,  in  their 
turn,  forming  on  the  left  of  the  preceding  one.  His  Excellency  the  Com- 
mander-in-Chief will  !)egiu  the  review  at  3  o'clock,  p.  m.  precisely,  and  after 
passing  along  the  front  of  the  line  will  take  his  position  at  a  point  of  review 
to  be  hereafter  designated.  The  troops  will  pass  in  review  in  open  column 
of  companies.  The  provisions  of  Par.  12,  General  Rules  for  Review,  p.  380, 
Upton's  Tactics,  will  be  strictlj^  adhered  to,  and  those  of  Form  1,  Article  II., 
commencing  on  p.  371,  Upton's  Tactics,  so  far  as  practicable. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

JOHN  FOWLER,  Jr., 
Colonel,  A.  A.  G.,  and  Chief  of  Staflf. 
Official: 


Major  and  A.  D.  C. 


hp:ad-quarters  first  division,  n.  g.  s.  n.  t. 

New  York,  September  27,  1869. 

General  Orders.    } 
No.    10.  f 

I. — The    death    of    Colonel    Thomas   M.    Reid,    "id    Regiment   Infniitiy, 
N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  is  hereby  regretfully  announced  to  the  Division. 

11.— The  funeral  will  take  place  from  No.  236  East  50th  Street,  at  half- 
past  10  o'clock,  A.  M.,  on  Wednesday,  29th  instant. 

III. — The  2d  Regiment  Infantry.  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  under  the  command  of 
Colonel  John  Ward,  12t]i  Infantry,  will  act  as  funeral  escort. 

IV. — The  following  Officers  will  act  as  Pall  Bearers: 

Colonel  James  Cavanagh  69th  Infantry, 
'•         Henry  Lux,  11th  Infantry, 
"         William  B.   Allen.  55th  Infantry, 
"         John  K.  Perley,  1st  Infantrv, 
"         D.  W.  Teller,  1st  Artillery, ' 
"  Henry  Brinker,  1st  Cavalry. 

V. — Brigadier-General  William    G.  Ward,  commanding  1st  Brigade  In- 
fantry, is  charged  with  the  execution  of  this  order. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

JOHN  FOWLER,  Jr., 
Colonel,  A.  A.  G.,  and  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official: 


Major  and  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  October  Ist,   1S69. 

/. 
General  Orders,   } 
No.  11.  J 

I. — In  conformity  with  the  desire  of  the  Commander-in-Chief,  the  full 
review  ordered  for  Wednesday,  the  6th  instant,  will  be  dispensed  with. 

II. — So  much  of  General  Orders  No.  9,  C.  S.,  as  directs  the  formation  of 
a  deployed  hue  is  hereby  countermanded.  In  lieu  thereof,  the  troops  will 
assemble  as  follows : 

1st  Brigade  Infantry  on  West  23d  Street, 
2d    Brigade  Infantry  on  West  22d  Street, 
3d    Brigade  Infantry  on  West  21st  Street, 
4th  Brigade  Infantrj^  on  West  20th  Street, 
1st  Brigade  Cavalry  on  West  19th  Street. 

They  will  be  formed  in  close  column  of  Companies,  right  in  front,  the  head 
of  each  Brigade  resting  on  Fifth  Avenue. 

III. — The  column  will  march  at  2:50  o'clock,  p.  m.,  the  1st  Brigade  In- 
fantry leading,  the  other  Brigades  following  at  proper  intervals,  in  the  order 
above  named. 

IV. — Brigade  Commanders  will  report  to  the  Chief  of  Staff"  on  Fifth 
Avenue,  corner  of  23d  Street,  as  soon  as  their  respective  Brigades  are 
formed 

V. — The  line  of  march  will  be  down  Fifth  Avenue  to  13th  Street. 

VI. — At  14th  Street,  the  troops  will  pass  in  review,  in  open  column  of 
companies,  before  His  Excellency  the  Commander-in-Chief,  and  immediately 
thereafter  be  dismissed. 

VII. — The  provisions  of  Paragraph  12,  page  3S0,  Upton's  Tactics,  will  be 
strictly  adhered  to. 

By  order  of  Major-General   Alexander  Shaler. 

JOHN  FOWLER,  Jr., 
Colonel,  A.  A.  G.,  and  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official: 


Major  and  A.  D.  C. 


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HK AD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  November  9th,  1869. 


General  Orders 
No.  12 


iRS,     I 


PLirsuant  to  Section  250,  Military  Code,  State  of  New  York,  a  Court- 
Martial  to  pass  upon  the  delinquencies  of  the  Officers  of  this  Division,  on 
the  occasion  of  any  parade  or  drill  held  in  pursuance  of  Orders  from  these 
Head-Quarters,  which,  by  law,  thej'  were  required  to  attend,  during  the  year 
commencing  November  1st,  1S68.  and  ending  October  31st,  1 86!),  is  hereby 
ordered  to  assemble  at  the  Armory  of  the  22(1  Regiment  Infantry,  on  the 
:!Oth  day  of  November,  1869 

Detail  for  the  Court: 

1.  Brigadier-Geueral  WiLt.iA.M  G.  AVahd,   1st  Brigade  Infantry. 

2.  Colonel  Frederick  A.  Coxklixo.  84th  Regiment  Infantry. 
:!.   Major  Christiax   H.   Mei>ay,   Ttli  Regiment  Infantry. 

The  Court  will  sit  without  regard  to  hours. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 


JOHN  F0WLP:R,  Jr., 
(Jolonel,  A.  A.  G.,  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


Official: 


Major  and  A.  D.  C. 


General  Orders, 
Xo.  13. 


HEAU-QUARTERS  FIRST   DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

Nkw  York,  November  11th,  1869. 

\ 


I. — This  Command  will  parade  for  review  in  celebration  of  the  8Gth  Anni- 
vers.iry  of  tlie  Evacuation  of  this  City  by  tlie  British  Troops,  on  Thursday, 
25th  instant. 

II. — The  troops  will  assemble  in  close  column  of  companies,  the  heads  of 
columns  resting  on  Fourth  Avenue,  as  follows: 

The  First  Brigade  Infantry  on  East  19th  Street. 
Tha  Second  Brigade  Infantry  on  East  18th  Street. 
The  Third  Brigade  Infantryon  East  Uth  Street. 
The  Fourth  Brigade  Infantry  on  East  16th  Street. 
The  First  Brigade  Cavalry  on  East  15th  Street. 

III. — Brigade  Commanders  will  report  to  the  Chief  of  Staff  at  the  "  Wash- 
ington Statue,"  as  soon  as  their  commands  are  formed. 

IV. — The  column  will  march  at  2  o'clock,  p.  m.,  the  First  Brigade  Infantry 
leading,  the  other  Brigades  following  in  the  order  above  named. 

V. — The  line  of  march  will,  in  part,  be  identical  with  that  followed  by  the 
American  Troops  when  entering  the  City  to  resume  possession  in  1783,  to 
wit:  down  Fourth  Avenue  to  the  Bowery,  down  Bowery  to  Canal,  through 
Canal  to  Broadway,  up  Broadway  to  14lh  Street,  through  14th  Street  to 
Fourth  Avenue,  up"  Fourth  Avenue  to  23d  Street,  throuo;h  23d  Street  to  Fifth 
Avenue,  and  down  Fifth  Avenue  to  14th  Street. 

VI. — The  Avenues  and  Streets  above  named,  from  curb  to  curb,  are  desig- 
nated as  the  Division  parade  ground  for  the  day. 

VII.— At  the  corner  of  Fifth  Avenue  and  14th  Street,  the  column  will  pass 
in  Review  before  His  Honor  the  Mayor,  and  the  Municipal  Authorities,  and 
will  be  immediately  thereafter  dismissed. 

VIII. — Brigadier-General  Burger  will  direct  a  Salute  of  thirteen  guns  to 
be  tired  on  the  Battery,  near  the  site  of  old  Fort  George,  at  12  o'clock,  noon. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Ai.e.kaxder  Shaler. 


JOHN  FOWLER,  Jr., 
Colonel,  A.  A.  G.,  and  Chief  of  Staff. 

Official: 


Major  and  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUART P:RS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  November  22d,  1869. 

General  Orders,    ) 
No.  14.  I 

General  Orders  No.  12,  dated  at  these  Head-Quarters,  November  9th, 
1869,  is  hereby  modified  to  read  as  follows : 

Pursuant  to  Sec.  250,  Militarj'  Code,  State  of  New  York,  a  Court- Martial 
to  pass  upon  the  dehuqueueies  of  all  officers  of  the  Division  below  tlie  rank 
of  General  Officers,  and  above  the  rank  of  Company  Officers,  on  the 
occasion  of  any  parade  or  drill  held  in  pursuance  of  Orders  from  these 
Head-Quarters,  which,  by  law,  they  were  required  to  attend,  during  the  year 
commencing  November  1st,  1868,  and  ending  October  31st,  1869,  is  hereby 
ordered  to  assemble  at  the  Armory  of  the  22d  Regiment  Infantry,  on  the 
30th  day  of  November,  1869. 

Detail  for  the  Court: 

1.  Brigadier-General  William  G.  Ward,  1st  Brigade  Infantry. 

2.  Colonel  Frederick  .1.  Coxkling,  84th  Regiment  Infantry. 

3.  Major  Christian  H.  Meday,  7th  Regiment  Infantry. 

The  Court  will  sit  without  regard  to  hours. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

JOHN  FOWLER,  Jr., 
Colonel,  A.  A.  G.,  and  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official  : 


Major  and  A.  D.  C. 


ab:/Vl)-QU'ARTERS  FIRSr  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  December  14th,  1869. 

General  Orders,    [ 
No?  15.  f 

J. — In  comi)li:nice  with  Ouneral  Orders  No.  17,  current  series,  from  Gene- 
nil  IIead-Qiiarti?rs,  the  following  disbaudments,  transfers,  consolidations  and 
changes,  in  the  organization  of  this  command,  are  hereby  announced: 

1. — Tlie  Fourth  Brigade  is  disbanded,  and  the  Staff  Officers  thereof  are 

rendered  supernumerary. 
2. — The  2d  and  4th  Regiments  Infantry  are  disbanded,  and  the  Officers 

thereof  are  rendered  supernumerary. 
3. — The  1st  Regiment  Infantry,  Third  Brigade,  is  transferred  to  the  First 

Brigade. 
4. — The  11  til   Regiment  Infantrj^j  Fourth  Brigade,  is  transferred  to  the 

Second  Brigade. 
5. — The  22d,  69th  and  79th  Regiments  Infantry,   Fourth   Brigade,    are 

transferred  to  tlie  First  Brigade. 
6. — Tlie    1st    Regiment    Artillery,  Second   Brigade,    is   disbanded   as   a 

regimental  organization,  and  the  Field  and  Staff  Officers  thereof  are 

rendered  supernumerary. 

7. — Batteries  "B,"  "C"  and  "K,"  are  constituted  independent  commands. 

8. — Batteries  ''A."  '"D,"  "F,"  "G,"  and  "I,"  are  consolidated,  their  Offi- 
cers rendered  supernumerary,  and  will,  until  further  orders,  be  known 
as  Battery  ''G,"  under  the  temporary  command  of  Captain  B.  M. 
LeMoyne,  supernumerary. 

9. — Battery  ''  H  "  is  transferred  to  the  First  Brigade  Cavalry. 
10. — The    Battalion  Washington   Grey  Cavalry  is  consolidated  into  one 
troop,  its  Officers  rendered  supernumerary,  and  temiDorarily  placed 
under   tlie  command   of  Lieut.  Effingham  M.  Van  Buren,  super- 
numerary. 

II. — In  the  disbandment  of  the  2d  and  4th  Regiments  Infantry,  (with 
\vhiih  the  Commanding  Officers  of  the  First  and  Fourth  Brigades  are  respec- 
tively charged,)  the  detailed  instructions  contained  in  General  Orders  No.  14, 
series  of  1868,  from  General  Head-Quarters,  will  be  strictly  complied  with, 
and  particular  attention  is  called  to  Pars.  XII.  and  XXIII.  of  that  order. 

III. — Upon  the  receipt  of  this  order,  the  Commanding  Officers  of  the  seve- 
ral organizations  above  transferred,  will  immediately  report,  in  person,  to  the 
Commanding  Officers  of  the  Brigades  to  which  they  are  transferred. 

IV. — The  Commanding  Officers  of  Batteries  "  B,"  "C"  and  "K,"  will 
report,  in  person,  to  these  Head  Quarters  immediately,  for  instructions. 

V. — Batteries  "A,"  "D,"  "F,"  -'G"  and  "I,"  will,  under  the  command 
of  their  respective  officers,  assemble  at  the  Armory  of  tlie  1st  Regiment  Artil- 
lery, at  8  o'clo'jk',  p.  M.,  on  the  27th  instant,  for  inspection  by  the  Division 
Inspector,  and  consolidation,  under  the  supervision  of  Colonel  D.  W.  Teller, 
supernumerary.  The  provisions  of  Par.  III.  of  General  Order  No.  1 7,  current 
series,  will  be  strictly  observed,  and  as  soon  as  the  consolidation  is  effected, 
the  officer  designated  to  command  will  nsport  to  these  Head-Quarters  for 
instructions. 

VI. — The  Commanding  Officer  of  Battery  "  H,"  (to  be  known,  until  fur- 
ther qj^ers.  as  Troop  "  H,")  will,  upon  the  receipt  of  this  order,  forthwith 
reporfJElie  Commanding  Officer  of  Brigade  Cavalry,  under  whose  direction  he 
will  proceed  at  once  to  re-organize  his  command  as  a  Troop  of  Cavalry. 


VII. — The  Battalion  Washington  Grey  Cavalry  will  assemble  under  the 
command  of  its  officers,  for  inspection  and  consolidation,  at  its  Armory,  at 
8  o'clock,  p.  M.,  on  the  27th  instant.  The  consolidation  will  l>e  effected 
under  the  direction  of  the  Commanding  Officer  First  Brigade  Cavalry,  and 
the  command  will,  until  further  orders,  be  known  as  the  Troop  Washington 
Grey  Cavalry. 

VIII. — The  attention  of  all  officers  rendered  supernumerary  by  this  order 
is  directed  to  Section  46,  Military  Code. 

IX. — All  the  books  of  record  and  reference,  papers,  documents,  Ac,  the 
property  of  the  State  of  Kew  York,  pertaining  to  the  Head-Quarters  of  Brig- 
ades, Regiments,  and  Battalions,  and  to  the  Companies  disbanded  or  discon- 
tinued in  accordance  with  this  order,  and  the  Head-Quarter  Flag  of  the 
Fourth  Brigade,  will  be  forwarded  to  these  Head-Quarters  by  the  respective 
Commanding  Officers,  for  transmission  to  General  Head-Quarters. 

X. — All  muster-out  rolls,  reports,  and  papers,  which  are  required  to  be 
tbrwarded  to  General  Head-Quarters,  will  be  sent  through  the  intermediate 
channels  of  communication. 

XI. — The  attention  of  the  members  of  the  organizations  disbanded  by  this 
order  is  called  to  Paragraph  XV,  of  General  Orders  No.  14,  Series  of  1868. 

XII. — The  Brigade  Commanders  of  the  First  and  Second  Brigades  Infantry, 
and  First  Brigade  Cavalry,  will,  upon  the  completion  of  the  changes  herein 
ordered,  make  report  thereof  in  writing,  to  these  Head-Quarters. 

XIII. — The  muster  rolls  required  in  effecting  the  disbandments  and  consol- 
idations above  specified,  will  be  furnished  on  application  to  these  Head- 
Quarters. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 


JOHN  FOWLER,  Jr., 
Colonel,  A.  A.  G.,  and  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official: 


Major  and  A.  D.  C, 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,   N.   G.  S.   N.  Y. 

New  York,  April  8th,   1869. 
Circular. 

The  practice  in  horsemanship  heretofore  had  as  Officers  of  the  Staff,  on 
Thursday  Evenings,  is  hereby  discontinued. 

Until  further  notice,  the  Staff,  including  personal  Aides,  will  assemble  for 
equestrian  exercise  every  Friday  Evening,  commencing  on  Friday  next,  the 
9th  instant,  at  8  o'clock,  at  the  Head-quarters  of  the  First  Brigade  of  Cavalry, 
13th  Street,  near  5th  Avenue.     Each  Officer  will  provide  himself  with  a  horse. 

Whenever  circumstances  make  it  necessary  for  an  Officer  to  absent  himself 
from  any  of  these  exercises,  he  will  make  his  application  for  excuse  to  these 
Head-quarters,  in  writing,  at  least  twenty-four  hours  before  the  evening 
designated. 

Hereafter,  Officers  of  the  Staff  who  intend  to  accompany  the  Major-General 
in  answering  invitations,  will  have  a  carriage  sent  for  them  by  sending  a  notice 
of  such  intention  to  these  Head-quarters  on  the  day  previous. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alex.\nder  Sh.'VLEK, 

JOHN  FOWLER,  Jr., 
Colonel,  Asst  Adj-Genl  and  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official  : 


Major  and  A.    I).    C. 


HKAD-QUARTKRS  FIRST   DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York.  May  22d.   1869. 
Circul'jr. 

It  Is  announced  to  the  Officers  and  Members  of  the  First  Division,  that  on 
SuNTDAY  NEXT,  the  30th  instant,  the  graves  of  the  Soldiers  who  fell  in  uphold- 
ing the  Union  during  the  (xreat  Rebellion,  will  be  decorated  with  flowers, 
and  that  other  appropriate  exercises,  to  be  hereafter  announced  through  the 
public  press,  will  take  place  at  Cypress  Hills  Cemetery. 

The  Division  is  invited  to  take  part  in  the  exercises  of  the  day,  and  such 
Regiments  as  desire  to  eml)race  this  opportunity  of  manifesting  their  respect 
for  the  memory  of  the  fallen  heroes,  will  be  reported  by  their  respective 
Brigade  Commanders  to  these  Head-quarters,  as  early  as  Thursday  next,  the 
27th  instant,  in  order  that  instructions  may  be  issued  in  advance  for  the  for- 
mation of  the  line,  and  arrangements  made  for  transportation  to  and  from 
the  Fulton  Ferry. 

The  Division  Staff  will  report  at  the  quarters  of  the  Major-General  Com- 
manding, in  full  uniform,  at  8  o'clock,  a.  m.,  on  the  30th  instant. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

JOHN  FOWLKR,  Jr., 

Colonel,  A.  A.  G.,  and  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official: 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.   N.  Y. 

New  York,  Mav  28.  1869. 


Circular. 


The  Field  and  Staff  Officers  of  the  Regiments  not  reported  for  the  parade 
on  the  oOth  instant,  are  invited  to  join  the  General  Officers  and  their  Staffs, 
and  take  part  in  the  exercises  of  the  daj'. 

The  column  will  form  on  East  15th  Street,  riglit  on  Fourth  Avenue,  at  10 
o'clock,  A.  Ji.  Regimental  Officers  will  be  reported  to  tlie  Chiefs  of  Staff  of 
their  respective  Brigades,  and  by  them  assigned  to  positions  in  the  Brigade 
colnmn.  Officers  and  Troops  will  be  assigned  positions  in  the  general 
column  by  the  Chief  of  Division  Staff  in  the  order  of  their  Brigade  numbers, 
the  First  Brigade  on  the  right. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alex.wder  Siialer. 

JOHN  FOWLER,  Jr., 
Colonel,  A.  A.  G.,  .-md  Chief  of  Staff. 


Official: 


> 


HEAU-QUARTKRS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.   N.  Y. 

New  York,  June  2,   1869. 


Circular. 


The  Major-General  Oommandin^  the  Division  has  received  from  Brevet 
Brigadier-General  Pitcher,  CotnmandiMg  at  West  Point,  a  notice  that  the 
Annual  Examination  of  the  Cadets  of  tlie  U.  S.  MiHtary  Academy  will  com- 
mence on  Wednesday,  the  2d  instant,  at  9,  a  m..  and  be  continued  daily 
(Sundays  excepted)  from  9,  a.  m.,  to  3,  p.  m.,  until  tinished. 

In  a  personal  note,  General  Pucker  expresses  his  pleasure  in  seeing  the 
Officers  of  the  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.  at  these  examinations;  this  is  announced  to 
the  Officers  of  the  1st  Division,  many  of  whom  take  an  interest  in  the  exer- 
cises of  the  Cadets,  in  order  that  tliey  may  feel  assured  that  they  are  wel- 
come in  their  visits  to  the  Point,  and  that  no  feeling  of  delicacy  need  prevent 
them  from  emliracing  an  op[)orUniity  to  witness  exercises  which  cannot  but 
result  to  their  advantage.  The  drills  and  parades  of  the  Cadets  during  the 
Annual  Kxaminations  are  always  interesting  and  instructive.  Upon  any  day 
in  the  week  (Saturdays  and  Sumiays  excepted)  at  5,  p.  m.,  can  be  seen 
either  a  drill  in  Infantry,  Artillery,  or  Cavalry,  and  the  Major-General  Com- 
manding recommends  to  all  Officers  whose  time  will  permit,  at  least  one  visit 
to  this  great  Military  School  during  the  Examination. 

By  order  of  Major-General   Alexander  Shaler. 

JOHN  FOWLEH,  Jr., 

Colonel,  A.  A.  G.,  and  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official: 


HKAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  June  15,   1869. 

Circular. 

In  the  marching  sahite  to  His  Honor  the  Mayor,  on  the  morning  of  the 
5tli  of  July  next,  arms  will  be  brought  to  a  carry,  all  officers  will  salute, 
bands  will  play,  and  colors  will  be  drooped,  but  commanding  officers  and 
bands  will  remain  in  the  column. 

In  passing  in  review  before  the  Officers  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  the 
provisions  of  Pars.  15,  16,  and  17,  Form  1,  of  Article  Second,  Appendix  II, 
on  page  372,  and  Pars.  5,  6,  7,  9,  10,  and  12,  of  Appendix  II,  on  pages  379 
and  380,  of  Upton's  Tactics,  will  be  compHed  with. 

The  parade  will  be  dismissed  imraediatoly  after  passing  in  review,  and 
regiments  in  complying  with  Par.  12,  on  page  380,  of  Upton's  Tactics,  will 
take  different  routes  to  their  armories,  so  as  to  avoid  the  possibility  of  a  halt 
in  front  of  the  reviewing  officers.  Brigade  Commanders,  with  their  Staffs, 
will  remain  with  the  Division  Commander  and  Staff,  until  the  entire  column 
has  passed.  Regimental  Commanders  will  cause  at  least  three  additional 
drummers  or  trumpeters  to  wheel  out  of  the  column  with  their  bands,  to 
beat  the  ruffles  or  sound  the  trumpet  flourishes,  for  a  Major-General,  when 
the  colors  are  drooped.  The  rest  of  the  drum  corps  will  remain  at  the  head 
of  the  regiments,  to  conduct  them  to  the  armories.  Bands  will  cease  playing 
as  soon  as  the  rear  companies  of  their  respective  regiments  have  passed  the 
reviewing  officers,  and  at  once  follow  their  regiments  in  quick  time  and  la 
good  order. 

The  attention  of  Regimental  and  Staff  Officers  is  called  to  the  provisions 
of  Pars.  10,  11,  12,  14,  15,  and  16,  of  Form  1,  Article  First,  of  Appendix  II, 
on  pages  367  and  368,  of  Upton's  Tactics,  which,  so  far  as  applicable,  will 
be  observed. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 


Official: 


JOHN  FOWLER,  Jr., 
Colonel,  A.  A.  G.,  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


Major  and  A.  D.  0. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  T. 

New  York,  July  26,  1869. 


Circular. 


The  subjoined  resolution  of  thanks,  and  letter  transmitting  the  same,  is 
hereby  promulgated  to  this  Command : 

"Head-quarters  of  the  Society  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac, 
"New  York,  July  15,   1869. 
"Major-General  Alexander  Shaler, 

"Commanding  1st  Division,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y: 

"General, — On  behalf  of  the  Society  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  I 
"have  the  honor  to  transmit  the  enclosed  certified  copy  of  a  resolution  of 
"thanks  to  you,  and  to  the  officers  and  men  of  your  Division,  which  was 
"passed  at  the  meeting  of  the  Society  held  in  this  city  on  the  5th  of  July. 

"  I  am,  General,  very  respectfully,  your  ob't  serv't, 
(Signed.)  "  W.  C.  Church,  Corresponding  Secretary." 

"At  a  meeting  of  the  Society  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  held  in  the 
"City  of  New  York  on  the  5th  day  of  July,  1869,  on  the  motion  of  Major- 
"General  George  G.  Meade,  U.  S.  A.,  it  was 

"Re-solved,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Society  be  extended  to  Major-General 
"Shaler,  Commanding  the  1st  Division  of  the  National  Guard  of  the  State 
"of  New  York,  and  to  the  officers  .-md  men  of  his  Division,  for  the  very 
"handsome  Review  with  which  they  complimented  us,  and  that  we  congrat- 
"  ulate  them  on  the  evidences  of  discipline  and  drill  exhibited  by  them  on 
"that  occasion. 

"Attest:  (Signed.)  P.  H.  Sheridan,  Lt.-Gen'I, 

"  President. 
(Signed.)         "  W.  C.  Church,  Corresponding  Secretary." 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler.  . 

JOHN  FOWLER,  Jr., 
Colonel,  A.  A.  G.,  and  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official  :  yf  j/t  /» 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,   N.  G.   S.   N.  Y. 


New  York,  October  2M,  1869. 


Circu/iir. 

Notice  has  been  received  at  these  Head-quarters  from  the  Commissary-Gen- 
eral of  Ordnance,  that  the  repairs  to  the  Arsenal  building,  corner  of  7th  Avenue 
and  3oth  Street,  have  been  completed,  and  that  the  same  will  be  ready  for  the 
use  of  the  National  Guard  on  and  after  Monday  next,  the  25th  instant. 

Commanding  Officers  can  obtain  permission  to  occupy  the  drill  room  by 
applying  at  the  office  of  the  Commissary-General  of  Ordnance,  in  the  Arsenal 
building. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shalek, 

JOHN  FOWLER,  Jr., 
Colonel,  Ass't  Adj-Geii  I  and  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official  : 


Major  and  A.   D.    C. 


HKAD-QUARTKRS  FIRST  DIVISION.  X.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

Ne\v  York,  Noveni))er  !)tli,  1869. 

Circidar. 

The  attention  of  Brigade  Commanders  is  called  to  Section  250,  Military 
Code,  State  of  New  York.  In  compliance  therewith  they  will  forthwith 
make  to  these  Head-Quarters  a  return  of  all  delinquencies  on  the  occasion 
of  tlie  Division  Parades,  held  during  the  year  ending  October  :51st,  18G9. 

B3'  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shalek. 


JOHN  FOWLER,  Jr., 
Colonel,  A.  A.  G.,  and  Chief  of  Staff. 

Official: 


Major  and  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  November  15th,  1869. 


Circular. 


The  followuig  letter  from  the  Commissary-General  of  Ordnance,  S.  N,  Y., 
i.s  hereby  promulgated  for  the  information  of  this  command : 

•'STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 
•'  Department  of  Commissary-General  of  Ordnance, 
"  New  York,  November  11th,  1869. 

"  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler, 

•'Commanding  1st  Division  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

"  General, 

"  For  the  convenience  of  regiments  drilling  at  the  State  Arsenal. 
"  7th  Avenue,  I  have  placed  in  the  drill  room,  for  their  use,  three 
"  hundred  muskets,  two  guidons,  an  infantry  and  a  national  color, 

••  Ver}'   respectfidly, 

"  Your  ob't  s'vt, 


(Signed) 
By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 


WM.  H.  MORRIS. 

"C.  G.  0," 


JOHN  FOWLER,  Jr., 
Colonel,  A.  A.  G.,  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


Officiai 


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HKAU-QUARTP]RS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  November  19th,   1869. 
Circular. 

Brigade  Commauder.s  will  hereafter  furnish  these  Head  Quarters,  within 
ten  days  after  each  Division  or  Brigade  Parade,  or  Annual  Inspection,  with 
a  Consolidated  Report  of  llieir  commands  on  the  form  herewith  furnished. 
For  the  last  Annual  Inspection  this  Report  will  be  forwarded  to  these  Head- 
Quarters  immediately. 

They  will  also  furnish  these  Head-Quarters  witli  a  Roster  of  their  respec- 
tive commands,  embracing  General  and  (General  Staff,  Field  and  Regimental 
Staflf  Ofacers.  and  showing  the  Name,  Corps,  Rank,  Position,  Age,  Date  of 
Commission,  Address,  Residence,  and  Brevet  rank,  if  any,  of  the  OtBcers 
al)ove  mentioned,  a.s  existing  on  the  20th  inst.  They  will  be  made  out  on 
the  forms  herewith  furnished,  and  forwarded  to  these  Head-Quarters  imme- 
diately thereafter. 

By  order  of  Major-Genera  1  Ale.xanuek  Shaler. 


JOHN  FOWLER,  Jr., 
Colonel,  A.  A.  G.,  and  Chief  of  Stall'. 


Official: 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  November  20th,   1869. 


Circular. 


In  lieu  of  tlie  returns  required  by  Circular  from  these  Head-Quarters, 
dated  November  9th,  18G9,  Brigade  Commanders  will  make  return  of  all 
delinquencies  on  the  part  of  officers  below  the  rank  of  General  Officers,  and 
above  the  rank  of  Company  Officers,  on  the  occasion  of  anj'  parades,  re- 
views, drills,  &c.,  which,  bj'  law.  they  were  required  to  attend,  during  the 
year  commencing  October  31st,  1868,  and  ending  November  1st,  1869.  In 
case  an  officer,  so  reported,  no  longer  belongs  to  the  National  Guard,  it  will 
be  so  stated  in  the  column  of  remarks.  Each  officers"  address  will  also  be 
given.     The  returns  will  be  forwarded  to  these  Head  Quarters  forthwith. 

The  attention  of  Brigade  Commanders  is  directed  to  Sec.  250.  M.  C,  the 
provisions  of  which  requires  them  to  convene  Courts  to  pass  upon  the  delin- 
quencies of  all  officers  below  the  rank  of  Field  Officers. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 


JOHN  FOWLER.  Jr.. 
Colonel,  A.  A.  G.,  and  Chief  of  Stall'. 


Official: 


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\ 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York.  December  24th,   1869. 


Circular. 


Classes,  for  the  instructiou  of  the  Officers  of  this  Division,  in  the  use  of 
the  Sabre,  will  be  formed  by  the  permanent  Brigade  and  Regimental  Com- 
manders, immediately  upon  the  receipt  of  this  order,  and  a  copy  of  each  of 
the  orders  made  for  this  purpose,  will  be  forwarded  to  these  Head-Quarters. 
as  soon  as  issued. 

The  permanent  Brigade  Commanders  and  the  Officers  of  the  Division  Staff, 
will  assemble  at  these  Head-Quarters,  in  fatigue  dress  with  side  arms,  for 
military  improvement,  on  the  evenings  of  Saturday,  January  8th  and  15th, 
1870,  at  8  o'clock. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 


JOHN  FOWLER,  Jr., 
Colonel,  A.  A.  G.,  and  Chief  of  StaflF. 


Official  : 


HKAD-QUARTKRS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

''0 


New  York.  March  IGth,  1870./ 


General  Ordkrs. 
No.  1. 


The  following  Special  Order  from  (Teneral  Head-Quarters  is  promulgated 
for  the  information  of  tliis  i-ommand  : 

GKNKRAL    HEAD-QUARTKRS,   STATE  OF  NEW  YORK. 
Adjutant-General's  Office, 

Albany.   March   12,   I87(l. 
Special  (Jrders,  ) 
No.   3:!.  f 

It  appearing  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Commander-in-Chief,  upon  his 
examination  of  the  Charges  and  Specifications  made  hy  Colonel  and  B'v't 
Brig.-Gen'l  John  E.  Bendix,  commanding  the  Fifth  Regiment  Infantry, 
N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  against  Maj.-Gen'l  Alexander  Shaler,  commanding  the 
First  Division  of  the  National  Guard,  and  of  the  official  records  in  the 
Adjutant-General's  Office,  that  no  sufficient  grounds  exist  for  ordering  a 
Coin-t  Martial  thereon,  it  is  hereby  ordered  that  the  said  Charges  and  Speci- 
fications l)e  dismissed. 

By  order  of  the  Commaxder-in-Ciiief. 

[Signed.]  FRANKLIN  TOWNSEND, 

Adjutant  General. 


By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

JOHN  FOWLER,  Jr., 
Colonel.  A.  A.  G.,  and  Chief  of  Statt. 

Official: 

Maior  and  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTKRS  FIRST  DIVISION,  X.  G.  S.  X.  Y. 

New  York,  March  28th,  1870. 

General  Orders,    } 
No.  2.  \ 

The  following  appohicment  is  aniiouuced  on  the  Statf  of  the  Major-Oeaeral 
Commanding : 

Colonel  D.'VKiHL  W.  Teller.  Sapernumerary,  late  commanding  First  Regi- 
ment Artillery,  to  be  Chief  of  Artillery,  with  the  rank  of  Colonel. 

He  will  be  obej'ed  and  respected  accordingly. 
By  order  of  Major-General   .\lexander  Shaler. 

JOHN  FOWLKR.  Jr., 
Colonel,  A.  A.  G.,  and  Chief  of  Stall. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  X.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  May  21st,  1870 

General  Orders,    [ 
No.  3.  j 

I.— The  following  extract  from  Chapter  539,  Laws  of  1870,  is  published 
for  the  information  and  guidance  of  the  OfBcers  of  this  command  tlierein 
referred  to : 

"§  31.  Within  sixty  days  after  the  passage  of  this  act,  the  captain  or 
•'commanding  ofBcer  of  each  and  every  company  or  troop  in  tlie  First 
"  Division  of  the  New  York  National  Guard,  shall  deliver  to  the  Com- 
"missioner  of  Jurors  a  certified  list  containing  tlie  names  and  residences 
•'of  all  the  members  and  officers  in  his  company  or  troop,  uniformed 
•'and  equipped,  and  doing  active  duty  and  none  others;  which  list  shall 
'•be  filed  in  the  Commissioner's  office.  The  Major-General  command- 
"ing  said  division  shall  issue  orders  to  carry  this  section  into  effect,  and 
•'  shall  furnish  to  said  Commissioner  a  certified  list  of  all  officers  and 
•'  members  of  said  Division  not  comprised  in  the  lists  or  rosters  of  said 
•'  companies  or  troops.  It  shall  further  be  the  duty  of  every  such  offi- 
•'  cer  to  report,  at  least  once  in  every  year,  the  names  and  residences  of 
"all  new  members,  provided  such  new  members  shall  be  fully  uniform- 
"ed  and  equipped,  and  doing  active  duty.  Such  report  shall  also  con- 
"tain  the  names  of  each  and  every  member  who  shall  have  resigned  or 
■•have  been  expelled,  or  who  shall  have  ceased  or  neglected  to  perform 
••the  full  duties  and  services  required  bylaw.  Any  such  officer  who 
••  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  perform  any  duty  prescribed  by  this  act  as 
•'  aforesaid,  or  who  shall  include  in  any  such  list  any  person  not  an 
"  active  member  of  said  Division,  or  who  shall  offend  against  any  pro- 
••  vision  of  this  section,  shall  forfeit  the  sum  of  fifty  dollars  for  each 
•'offence,  which  shall  be  collected  by  the  said  Commissioner  in  the 
■•name  of  the  Mayor,  Aldermen  and  Commonalty  of  the  City  of  New 
"York,  and  paid  into   the    County  treasury." 

II. — Commanding  Officers  of  Batteries,  Troops,  and  Companies,  will  fur- 
nish the  required  lists,  certified  as  directed,  to  the  Commissioner  of  Jurors. 
Room  21,  City  Hall,  on  or  before  the  31st  instant. 

III. — The  several  Brigade  Commanders  will  forward  to  these  Head-Quar- 
ters, on  or  before  the  28th  instant,  a  certified  list  containing  the  names  and 
residences  of  all  Officers  and  members  of  the  command,  comprising  the 
General  and  General  Staff,  Field  and  Staff  Officers,  Non-commissioned  Staff 
Officers,  Musicians,  and  all  other  actual  members  of  the  several  organiza- 
tions in  their  respective  Brigades,  not  contained  in  the  list  to  be  furnished 
by  the  Company  Commanders. 

IV. — Between  the  20th  day  of  September  and  the  1st  day  of  October  of 
tlie  present  and  of  each  succeeding  year,  the  Commanding  OfBcers  of  Batte- 
ries, Troops,  and  Companies  will  furnish,  to  the  Commissioner  of  Jurors,  the 
reports  required  by  the  Section  above  quoted. 


V. — Brie^ade  t'omniandants  will,  between  the  20tli  and  25th  du\-  of  Sep- 
tember of  the  present  and  of  each  sncceeding  year,  forward  to  these  Head- 
quarters a  certified  report  containino:  the  names  and  residences  of  all  new 
Officers  and  members,  and  the  names  of  all  those  who  shall  have  resigned, 
been  dismissed,  expelled,  or  who  shall  have  ceased  or  neglected  to  perform 
the  fnll  duties  required  by  law,  since  last  report. 

VI. — In  making  the  lists  and  reports  required,  care  will  l)e  taken  to  com- 
ply as  well  with  the  spirit  as  the  letter  of  Section  31  above  (pioted,  in  order 
to  ensure  correct  and  satisfactory  returns. 

By  order  of  Major-deneral  Alex.\xder  Shaler. 


CARL  JUSSKN, 
Major.  A.  D.  0.  and  Act'g  Asst  Adj. -Gen. 


Official  : 


Major  and  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,   N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

Xew  York,  June  ISth,  1870. 

General  Orders,    ) 
Xo.  4.  \ 

I-— This  Division  will  parade  for  review  and  in  celebration  of  the  Ninety- 
fourth  Anniversary  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence  of  the  United  States, 
on  the  Fourth  of  July  next. 

TI. — The  troops  will  be  formed  at  7  o'clock,  a.  m.,  in  deployed  line,  as 
follows : 

The  First  Brigade  Infantry  on  the  west  side  of  Broadway,  left 
resting  on  lith  Street. 

The  Second  Brigade  Infantry  on  the  south  side  of  14th  Street 
and  west  side  of  5th  Avenue,  right  resting  on  University  Place. 

The  Third  Brigade  Infantry  on  the  west  side  of  5th  Avenue  on 
the  left  of  the  Second  Brigade. 

The  First  Brigade  Cavalry  on  the  west  side  of  5th  Avenue,  north 
side  of  34th  Street  and  east  side  of  Madison  Avenue,  on  the  left  of 
the  Third  Brigade. 

Battalions  "B,"  •' C,"  and  "K,"  Artillery  will  be  posted  around 
Union  Square,  under  the  direction  of  the  Chief  of  .Artillery. 

ni. — Brigade  Commanders  will  report  to  the  Chief  of  Staff  on  Broadway, 
corner  of  14th  Street,  as  soon  as  their  respective  commands  are  formed. 

lY- — Captain  E.  M.  LE^foY.VE,  commanding  Battery  "G,"  will  detail  a 
section  of  his  Battery  with  24  pounder  howitzers,  under  Lieutenant  S.  M. 
Wright,  to  fire  a  National  Salute  on  the  Battery  at  meridian. 

V. — Tiie  line  of  march  and  point  of  review  will  be  hereafter  announced. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

CARL  JUSSEN, 
Major,  A.  D.  C.  and  Act'g  Ass't  Adj.-Gen. 


General  Orders 
No.  5. 


FIEAD-QUARTKRS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.   Y. 

New  York,  June  20th,   1870. 


Tlie  tbllovviug  appoiutnients  are  announced  on  the  Staff  of  the    Major- 
General  commanding : 

(Jolonel  Wm.  H.  Chesebrough,  to  be  Assistant  Adjutant-General 
and  Cliief  of  Statt,  with  the  rank  of  Colonel,  vicf  Fowler,  resigned. 

Brevet  Brigadier-General  Wm.  Hudson  Lawrence,  (U.  S.  Vols ) 
to  be  Division  Inspector,  with  the  rank  of  Colonel,  vice  Chesebrough, 
appointed  Chief  of  Staff. 

They  will  be  obeyed  and  respected  accordingly. 
By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Sh.iler. 


CARL  JUSSEN, 
Major,  A.  D.  C.  and  Act'g  Ass't  Adj. -Gen. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  X.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

Xew  York,  July  4th.   1870. 

Gexeeai,  Orders,    ) 
No.  6.  f 

1. — It  is  with  the  deepest  regret  that  the  General  Commanding  announces 
to  the  Division  that  Brevet  Major-General  Joseph  E.  Hamblin,  late  Assist- 
ant Adjutant-General  and  Chief  of  Staff"  of  the  First  Division,  who  served 
with  such  well-known  distinction  in  the  late  war  for  the  Union,  died  at  his 
residence  yesterday,  the  3d  instant. 

II. — The  following  detail  is  ordered  as  an  escort  to  his  remains: 
The  Ninth  Regiment  Infantry  ; 
The  Troop  of  Washington  Grays  Cavalry ; 
The  separate  Troop  Cavalry,  Captain  Klein,  conmianding; 
Two  sections  Battery  K,  Artillery. 

Ill- — The  escort  will  be  commanded  by  Brigadier-General  Postley,  and 
will  report  to  him  in  Madison  Avenue,  between  Twenty-lifth  and  Twenty- 
sixth  Streets,  at  1:30  o'clock,  p.  m.,  on  the  5th  instant. 

lY. — The  General  Commanding  feels  that  this  information  will  be  received 
with  the  profoundest  sorrow  bj^  the  officers  and  men  of  the  Division,  and  is 
assured  that  all  who  have  known  the  late  General  Hamblin,  either  in  his 
military  or  social  character,  will  readily  accord  the  last  respects  due  one  who 
has  been  so  well  known  and  so  well  beloved.  The  Officers  of  the  Division 
who  desire  to  take  part  in  the  ceremonies  are  invited  to  attend  his  funeral 
at  his  late  residence.  No.  136  Lexington  Avenue,  in  uniform,  and  will  assem- 
ble at  Apollo  Rooms,  corner  of  Twenty-eighth  Street  and  Broadway,  at  1:30 
o'clock,  p.  M. 

Y. — The  following  Officers  have  been  re(iuested  by  the  friends  of  the  fam- 
ily to  act  as  pall-bearers,  and  will  meet  in  uniform,  mounted,  at  the  residence 
of  the  General  Commanding,  No.  346  West  Twenty-eighth  Street,  at  1:30 
o'clock,  p.  M. 

Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 
Major-General  M.  T.   McMahon. 
Major-General  C.  K.  Grahaai. 
Major-General  Abram  Duryee. 
Brigadier-General  Thomas  H.  Neill. 
Brigadier-General  G.  W.  Palmer. 
Brigadier-General  H.  E.  Tremain. 
Brigadier-General  L.  Burger, 
Brigadier-General  J.  H.  Liebenau. 
Colonel  John  Fowler,  Jr. 
Colonel  William  H.  Chesebrough. 
Lieutenant-Colonel  George  T.  Haws. 


By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

WM.  H.  CHESEBROUGH. 

Colonel,  Ass't  Adj.-Gen'l  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  X.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  July  Uth,  1870. 


General  Orders, 

No.  7. 


} 


The  following  change.s  in  the  organization  of  this  command  are  directed 
l)y  General  Orders  No.  17,  current  series,  from  General  Head-Quarters: 

I. — That  the  37th  Regiment  Infantry,  of  the  Third  Brigade,  and  the 
79th  Regiment  Infantry,  of  the  First  Brigade,  be  reduced  to  Bat- 
talions of  six  Companies  each,  and  that  the  respective  Comman- 
dants of  the  same  designate  the  Companies  to  be  mustered  out  to 
make  such  reductions,  and  that  the  several  Colonels,  Lieutenant- 
colonels,  and  Majors  remain  in  commission  in  accordance  with  the 
provisions  relating  thereto  in  Section  19,  of  the  Military  Code. 

II. — That  the  First  and  Third  Regiments  of  Cavalry  be  reduced  to  the 
minimum  of  eight  Companies  each,  and  that  the  respective  Comman- 
dants of  the  same  designate  the  Coaipanies  to  be  mustered  out  to 
make  such  reduction. 

The  consolidation  of  the  above  commands  will  be  effected  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  Commanding  Officers  of  the  several  Brigades  to  which  they  are 
respectively  attached,  who  will  upon  the  completion  of  said  consolidation 
report  in  writing  to  these  Head-quarters. 

The  provisions  of  General  Orders  No.  14.  Series  of  1<SG8,  from  General 
Head-quarters,  will  be  observed  in  carrying  out  this  order. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

WM.  H.  CHESEBROUGH, 
Colonel,  Ass't  Adj.-Gen'l  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


MRAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,   N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  Sept.  24th.   1870. 

Gexeral  Ordeij.«.    I 
No,  8.  ) 

I. — The  follovvinu;  npiioiiitineuts  are  announced  on  tlie  Staff  of  tlie  Major- 
General  ooinmandina' : 

J.  Henry  Lierexau.  ( htte  Captaiti  U.  S.  Vols,  and  Brigadier-General 
and  Commissary  of  Sul)sistence  S.  N.  Y. )  to  be  Division  Inspector,  with 
the  rank  of  Colonel,  v/w  Wii.  Hudson  Lawrence,  who  failed  to  qualify. 

Henry  S.  Kearny,  to  be  Division  Engineer,  with  the  rank  of  Colonel. 
rdr.K  Allen,  vacated  b^'  removal  from  State. 

Thomas  Fairgrieve,  (late  Captain  U.  S.  Vols.)  to  be  Aid-de-camp, 
with  the  rank  of  Captain,  vie  Jambs  Fairgrieve,  resigned. 

They  will  be  obeyed  and  respected  accordingly. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

WM.  H.  GHESEBROUGH, 
Colonel,  Ass't  Adj.-Gen'l  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIYISIOX,  X.  G.  S.  X.  Y. 

Xew^  York,  Sept.  26th,  1870. 

General  Orders, 
No.  9. 

I. — In  conformity  w-ith  General  Orders  Xo.  21,  current  series,  from  General 
Head-quarters,  the  following  changes  are  made  in  this  command: 

1st. — The  1st  Regiment  Infantry  is  transferred  from  the  First  Brigade  to 
the  Third  Brigade,  and  the  Colonel  Commanding  will  report  to  the 
Commanding  Officer  of  the  Third  Brigade  at  once. 

2d. — The  reduction  of  the  37th  Regiment  Infantry  to  a  battalion  of  six 
companies  is  revoked. 

3d. — The  37th  Regiment  Infantry  is  consolidated  with  the  71st  Regiment 
Infantry,  and  the  consolidation  wih  be  immediately  efiected  under 
the  direction  of  the  Commanding  Officer  of  the  First  Brigade,  who 
will  conform  to  the  instructions  contained  in  General  Orders  Xo.  21, 
current  series,  General  Head-quarters,  in  the  re-organization  of  the 
several  Companies  and  the  assignment  of  Officers  thereto.  The 
Officers  of  the  37th  Regiment  Infantry  who  are  retained  in  the 
new  organization,  will  at  once  report  to  the  Commanding  Officer  of 
the  71s\  Regiment  Infantry  for  orders.  Such  Officers  as  are  not  re- 
tained in  the  consolidated  organization  are  rendered  supernumerary, 
and  their  attention  is  called  to  Sec.  24,  Military  Code,  1870. 

II. — The  Commanding  Officers  of  the  First  and  Third  Brigades  will  re- 
spectively report  to  these  Head-quarters,  in  writing,  as  soon  as  the  changes 
herein  ordered  shall  have  been  effected. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 


WM.  H.  CHESEBROUGH, 
Colonel,  Ass't  Adj.-Gen'l  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


HEAT)-QUAETKRS  FIRST  DIVISION,   N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  Tork.  Sept.  27th,   1870. 

Genkral  Orders.    I 
No.  10.  S 

I, — This  Division  will  parnde  on  Friday  next,  the  .30th  instant,  to  par- 
tifipate  in  the  ohseqnies  of  the  late  Admiral  D.  G.  Farkarut. 

II. — The  Troops  will  be  formed  in  a  deployed  line  on  Broad waj-,  14th 
Street,  and  5lh  Avenue,  right  resting  on  Canal  Street,  at  10  o'clock,  a.  m.,  in 
the  following  order,  viz. : 

Battery  B,  Captain  Joiix  KEur,  Commanding. 

1st  Brigade  of  Infantry.  Brigadier-General  W.  G.  Ward,  Commanding. 

Battery  K,  Captain  Johx  M.  Hel'bxer,  Commanding. 

2d  Brigade  of  Infanty.  Brigadier-General  LouiS  Burger,  Commanding. 

Battery  C,  Captain  Wilt.ia.m  Schillixg,  Commanding. 

Battery  G,  Captain  K.  M.  Le  Moyne,  Commanding. 

3d  Brigade  of  Infantry,  Brigadier-General  J.  M.  Varian,  Commanding. 

1st  Brigade  of  Cavahy,  Brigadier  Gen.  Brooke  Postley,  Commanding. 

III. — Officers  will  wear  the  usual  badge  of  mourning  on  the  left  arm  and 
sword-hilt.  Standards  will  be  draped  and  the  drums  covered  with  Vilack 
crape. 

IV. — The  remains,  escort,  and  chief  mourners,  will  pass  along  the  line 
from  right  to  left.  While  passing,  the  troops  will  stand  at  present  arms. 
After  the  escort  has  passed  the  left  of  a  Brigade,  it  will  be  broken  into 
column  of  companies,  left  in  front,  and  held  in  readiness  to  march. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 


WM.  H.  CHESEBROUGH, 
Colonel,  Ass't  Adj.-Gen'l  and  Chief  of  Staff'. 


HEAP-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,   N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 
New  York,  Oct.  11th,  1870. 

General  Orders,   ) 
No.  11.  \ 

I. — This  Division  will  parade  for  Review  by  His  Excellency  John  T. 
Hoffman,  Commander-in-Oliief,  at  Prospect  Park,  L.  I.,  on  Friday,  the  28th 
instant. 

II. — Division  Une  will  be  formed  at  1  o'clock,  p.  Ji.  Brigade  and  Battery 
Commanders  will  report  to  the  Chief  of  Staff,  on  the  ground,  at  that  hour. 

in. — Thie  First  Brigade  of  Infantry  will  be  reviewed  and  inspected  by  the 
Major-fieneral  Commanding  the  Division,  at  the  same  place,  at  10  o'clock, 
a.  m.,  the  same  day. 

IV. — Tlie  following  appointment  is  announced  on  the  Staff  of  the  Major- 
General  Commanding: 

John  Meghan,  (formerly  Captain  and  Engineer  U.  S.  Vols.,)  to  be  Aid- 
de-camp,  with  the  rank  of  Major. 
He  will  be  obeyed  and  respected  accordingly. 

By  order  of  Major-Oeneral  Alexander  Shaler. 

WM.  H.  CHESEBROUGH. 

Colonel,  Ass't  Adj.-Gen'l  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  X.  G.  S.  X.  Y 

New  York.  Nov.  7th,   1870. 

General  Orders.    } 
No.  12.  \ 

By  direL-tiou  of  His  Excelleucy  John  T.  HotTiiAN,  Coinmander-iu-Chief, 
it  is  aimoiuiced  that  certain  officials  of  the  United  States  and  of  the  State 
charged  with  important  duties  in  reference  to  the  conduct  of  the  election, 
have  fully  agreed  upon  measures  which  it  is  confidently  believed  will  render 
all  military  interference  wliolh'  unnecessary,  yet,  as  a  measure  of  extreme  pre- 
caution, it  is  ordered,  that  should  the  services  of  this  Division  be  required  to 
aid  the  (Jivil  Authorities  in  the  preservation  of  peace  and  order  on  election 
day,  November  8th,  1870,  the  established  signal  of  twelve  strokes  repeated 
four  times  upon  the  tower  bells  of  the  Fire  Department  will  be  soundeil. 
Thereupon  the  Infantr\'  and  Artillery  will  immediate^  assemble  at  their 
respective  armories  in  fatigue  dress,  and  Brigade  and  Battery  (Commanders 
report  in  person  to  these  Head-quarters.  Regimental  Commanders  will  see 
that  the  formations  take  place  at  once  and  the  men  kept  within  the  armories 
i-eady  for  instant  service. 

By  order  of  Major-General  A  lexander  Shaler. 


WM.  H.  CHESEBROUGH. 
Colonel,  Ass't  Adj.-Gen'l  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


Official: 


Captain  and  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  X.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  December  6th,  1870. 


.  Orders.    ) 
).  U.  \ 


General  Orders. 
No. 


I. — In  compliance  with  Cieneral  Orders  No.  28,  current  series,  from  Gene- 
ral Head-Qiuirters,  the  following  disbaudment,  transfers  and  consolidations 
are  hereby  ordered : 

1. — The  First  Brigade  Cavahy  is  disbanded,  and  the  Brigadier-General 
Commanding,  and  his  Stoff,  are  rendered  supernumerary. 

2. — The  1st  Regiment  Cavalry  is  transferred  to  the  First  Brigade 
Infantrj' 

'■'■ — The  :5d  Regiment  ("avalry  is  transferred  to  the  Second  Brigade 
Infantiy. 

■I. — The  separate  Troop  '-Washington  Grey  Cavahy,"  is  transferred 
to  the  Third  Brigade  Infantry. 

5. — The  separate  Troop  Cavalry,  ('aptain  K..\rl  Kleix,  will  report  di- 
rect to  these  Head-Quarters. 

<^. — Troops  "E"  and  "I"  of  the  1st  Regiment  Cavalry,  and  Troops 
■'C  '■  and  "  D  "  of  the  .'Jd  Regiment  Cavalry,  will  be  immediately 
consolidated,  hy  the  respective  Regimental  Commanders,  as  di- 
rected in  Par.  III.  of  General  Orders  No.  28,  current  .series,  from 
General  Head-Quarters. 

ir — The  attention  of  all  Officers  rendered  supernumerary  hereby,  is  direct- 
ed to  Section  24,  Military  Code. 

III. — The  CommaudiniT  Officers  of  all  organizations  lierebj^  transferred. 
will,  upon  the  receipt  of  this  order,  report  at  once,  in  person,  to  the  Com- 
manding Officers  of  the  organizations  to  which  they  are  transferred. 

IV. — The  several  Brigade  Commanders  will,  upon  the  completion  of  the 
transfers  and  consolidations  herein  ordered,  make  report  thereof,  in  writing, 
to  these  Head-Quarters. 

V. — Tlie  assignment  of  the  Riding  School  (18th  Street,  near  Fifth  Avenue), 
for  evening  drills  by  the  differeiit  Troops,  as  made  by  General  Orders  No. 
!),  current  series,  from  Head-Quarters  First  Brigade  Cavalry,  is  continued 
until  further  orders,  at  the  option  of  the  Commandants  of  the  respective 
Brigades. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Albx.^nder  Shaler. 


Official: 


WM.  H.  CHESEBROUGH. 
Colonel,  Ass't  Adj.-Gen'l  and  Chief  of  Staff'. 


Major  and  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTKRS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  January  24th,   1870. 
Circular  No.  1. 

I. — Tlie  following  extract  from  a  letter  written  in  answer  to  an  inquiry 
from  these  Head- quarters,  dated  December  29th,  1869.  and  addressed  to  the 
Secretary  of  the  Commissioners  of  Taxes  and  Assessments,  is  hereby  pub- 
lished for  the  information  of  this  command  : 

"  Department  or  the  Commissioners  of  Taxes  and  Assessments, 
"  City  Hall.  Chambers  Street, 

"New  York,  January  6th,  1870. 

******  He 

"The  Supreme  Court  of  the  2d  Judicial  District  having  decided  in  effect 
"  that  the  exemptions  granted  by  the  Act  of  1867  are  still  in  force,  tlie  Com- 
"  missioners  recognize  that  decision  as  warranting  them  in  allowing  the  ex- 
"  emptions  of  ,$500  and  $1000  respectively  as  heretofore. 
"  Res[)ectfull3^, 
(Signed,)  •' E.  F.  Babcoce,  Secretary." 

II. — .A-ll  Bills  of  Dress  should  have  the  approval  of  General  Head-quarters. 
Commanding  Officers  of  organizations  who  have  failed  to  {)rocure  such  ap- 
proval wiU  forward  their  Bills  of  Dress  in  correct  detailed  form,  without 
further  delay. 

III. — Notice  has  been  received  from  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  non-re- 
ceipt of  enhstment  papers  from  the  following  organizations  in  this  command 
during  the  year  1869:  5th,  6th,  7th,  9th,  1  Ith.  22d,  69th,  79th,  and  96th 
Regiments  Infantry,  and  the  1st  and  3d  Regiments  and  Washington  Grey, 
Cavalry.  The  attention  of  all  officers  is  called  to  the  provisions  of  Geoeral 
Orders  No.  2.'^,  series  of  1867,  A.  G.  0..  for  immediate  compliance  therewith. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 


JOHN  FOWLER,  Jr., 
Colonel,  A.  A.  G.,  and  Chief  of  Staflf. 
Official:  ^^ 


^?^ 


HKAD-QUARTKRS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York.  Felirunry   14th,  1S70. 
Circular  Ko.  2. 

To  THE  Officers  of  tjie  Fihst  Division. 
Gentlemen : 

The  (Jomraauder-in-Ohief,  iu  his  last  Messag'e  to  the 
Ley;ishitiiix'  of  tlie  State,  was  pleased  to  recommend  that  a  parade  ground  of 
suitable  size  be  provided  for  the  First  Division.  In  pursuance  of  that  re- 
eoinmendaliori  a  Bill  has  been  presented  in  tlie  Senate,  and  referred  to  the 
proper  Committee,  providing  for  the  laying  out,  under  the  direction  of  the 
Central  Park  Conunissiouers,  of  a  Public  Square  adjoining  the  north  end  of 
(Neutral  Pari<,  to  be  prepared  for  and  used  liy  the  First  Division  whenever 
desired.  Tlie  Committee  to  whom  the  Bill  was  referred,  have  given  a  hear- 
ing to  a  number  of  the  principal  officers  of  tlio  Division,  who,  to  the  best  of 
their  abilitj',  demonstrated  the  necessity  of  the  proposed  parade  ground,  the 
importance  of  securing  the  land  witliout  delay,  and  the  benefits  to  the  City 
likely  to  acci'uo  by  acquiring  the  land  for  tho  purposes  named. 

The  plot  of  ground  decribed  in  tho  Bill  now  pending,  is  a  part  of  the 
tract  h'ing  between  the  Fifth  and  Eighth  Avenues,  and  between  110th  and 
1  IGth  Streets,  and  contains  about  70  acres  Every  officer  and  member  of  the 
First  Division  is,  and  every  tax-payer  and  citizen  should  l)e,  hiterested  in 
securing  a  parade  ground  of  sufficient  size  to  form  the  Division  for  grand  re- 
views and  for  field  daj^s.  While  the  plot  described  iu  the  Bill  is  not  so  large 
as  is  desired,  it  is  thought  best  to  unite  our  energies  to  secure  at  once  what 
in  a  few  years  hence,  it  will  be  impossible  to  obtain  by  reason  of  the  increas- 
ed valuation  of  real  estate. 

The  accompanying  petitions  are  furnished  for  the  signatures  of  the  offi- 
cers and  men.  and  of  tax-paying  fi'iends.  Regimental  Commanders  will  see 
that  two  copies  of  each  kind  are  furnished  to  each  Company  Commander, 
with  instructions  to  return  them  to  Regimental  Head-Quarters,  from  whence 
they  will  be  forwarded  through  Brigade  to  Division  Head-Quarters,  by  the 
end  of  this  week,  if  possible,  and  not  later  than  the  22d  instant.  Those  pre- 
pared for  the  signatures  of  taxpayers,  should  be  placed  in  the  hands  of  in- 
telligent and  active  officers,  or  members,  who  will  devote  the  necessary  time 
to  secure  full  petitions  among  the  friends  of  the  Division. 

The  Major-General  commanding  deems  it  quite  unnecessary  to  urge  the 
active  and  immediate  co-operation  of  each  officer  and  member  in  a  matter  of 
so  much  importance  to  the  present  and  future  welfare  of  the  Division. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Siialer. 

JOHN  FOWLER,  Jr., 
Colonel,  A.  A.  G.,  and  Chief  of  Stafl'. 
Official: 


Major  and  A.  D.  C. 


HRAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  T. 
N'ew  York,  March  l^t,  1870. 


Circular  No.  ?,. 


All  Officers  of  the  Division  to  whom  blank  Petitions  for  the  proposed  Pa- 
rade Ground  were  sent,  will  forward  to  these  Head-quarters  at  once,  all  such 
Petitions. 

In  cases  where  no  signatures  have  lieen  obtained,  that  fact  will  be  imme- 
diately reported  to  these  Head-quarters. 


Bj^  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 


JOHN  FOWLER,  Jr., 
Colonel,  A.  A.  G.,  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


Official 


HRAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.   N.  Y. 

New  York,  May  24th,   1870. 
Circular  No.  4. 

The  following  iuvitaiion  from  the  General  Memorial  Executive  Committee 
of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  received  at  these  Head-Quarters  on  the 
'J8d  instant,  is  promulgated  to  this  command: 

"Head-Quarters,  31   Union  Square,  N.  W.  cor  16th  Street. 
"New  York,  May  19,  1870. 
"  Ma.j.  Gen'l  Shaler, 

"  General: 

"  I  am  instructed  by  the  Gen'l  Memorial  Executive  Committee  of  the 
"  G.  A.  R.  to  invite  you,  your  Staff,  and  the  Division  under  your  com- 
"  mand,  to  participate  with  us  in  the  Services  and  Floral  Ceremonies  to 
"be  held  at  Cypress  Hills  Cemetery  on  the  30th  day  of  May,  1870. 

"  Your  attention  is  invited  to  the  programme,  which  will  be  published 
"  at  an  early  date. 

"  An  early  reply  is  solicited. 

"  Very  respectfully  your  obd't  S'v't, 

(Signed.)  "  A.  J.  H.   DUGANNE, 

"  Chairman. 
(Signed.)  "John  Tregaskis, 

"  Secretary." 


Such  of  the  organizations  of  this  command  as  desire  to  take  part  in  the 
services  and  ceremonies  of  the  30th  instant,  will  so  report  to  these  Head- 
Quarters  on  or  before  the  27th  instant 


By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

CARL  JUSSEN, 

Major,  A.  D.  C.  and  Act'g  Ass't  Adj. -Gen. 
Official: 


Major  and  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  June  8th,   1870. 
Circular  Xo.  5. 

Information  having  been  received  at  these  Head-Quarters  from  the  Com- 
missioner of  Jurors,  that  raauy  of  the  Company  Commandants  of  the  1st 
Division  have  neglected  to  furnish  the  lists  required  by  General  Orders, 
No.  3,  C.  S.,  from  these  Head-Quarters,  they  are  hereby  required  to  comply 
with  said  Order  immediately. 

The  necessity  for  a  strict  compliance  with  the  provisions  of  Sec.  31,  of 
Chap.  529,  of  the  Laws  of  1870,  and  the  demands  made  thereunder,  should 
appear  too  obvious  to  Company  Commanders  to  require  this  reminder. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

CARL  JUSSEN, 
Major,  A.  D.  C.  and  Act'g  Ass't  Adj.-Gen. 


Official: 


Major  and  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  June  27th,  1870. 
Circular  No.  6. 

On  the  occasion  of  the  Review  ordered  for  the  4th  proximo.  Command- 
ing Officers  will  conform  strictly  to  Form  1,  Article  Second,  Appendix  II., 
Upton's  Tactics,  except  as  otherwise  hereinafter  prescribed  : 

Brigade  Commandants,  and  their  Staffs,  will  take  post  on  the  right  of 
their  respective  commands. 

The  line  of  Infantry  will  be  formed  with  the  front  rank  outside  of  and 
near  the  street  curb. 

The  line  of  Company  Officers  will  be  tivo  paces  in  front  of  the  front 
rank. 

The  Field  Officers  will  take  post  in  front  of  and  as  near  the  line  of 
Companj-  Officers  as  practicable,  the  Commanding  Officer  shghtly  in 
advance  of  the  others. 

The  Cavalry  will  lie  posted  in  such  manner  as  to  allow  the  greatest 
amount  of  room  along  its  front. 

The  Reviewing  Officer  will  be  received  on  the  right  of  the  line,  and 
his  arrival  will  be  announced  by  a  salute  fired  by  Battery  "  C,"  at  Union 
Square.  As  he  presents  himself  to  the  Brigade  Commanders,  in  turn, 
the  arms  of  each  regiment  will  be  presented,  and  brought  to  a  carry, 
V)efore  he  proceeds  along  the  line.  After  passing  down  the  front,  the 
Reviewing  Officer  will  move  directl}'  to  the  point  of  Review,  at  the  cor- 
ner of  Madison  Avenue  and  26th  Street. 

The  line  of  march  will  be  down  Broadway  to  Great  Jones  Street,  through 
Great  Jones  Street  to  the  Bowery,  up  the  Bowery  and  Fourth  Avenue  to 
23d  Street,  through  23d  Street  to  Madison  Avenue,  and  up  Madison  Avenue 
to  the  point  of  Review.  The  command  will  be  dismissed  immediately  after 
passing  in  Review. 

The  Commanding  Officer  1st  Brigade  Cavalry  in  furnishing  tlie  details  for 
mounted  orderlies  at  the  request  of  the  Brigade  Commanders,  will  include 
one  bugler  in  each  detail. 

The  Division  Staff  will  assemble  at  the  quarters  of  the  Division  Commander, 
No.  H46  W.  28th  Street,  at  6.30  a.  m.,  and  the  usual  detail  of  orderlies,  in- 
cluding one  bugler,  from  the  1st  Brigade  Cavalry,  will  report  at  the  same 
time  and  place. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

WM.  H.  CHESEBROUGH, 
Colonel,  Ass't  Adj.-Gea'l  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,   N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  September  19th,  1870. 
Circular  N'o.   7. 


I. — The  following  list  of  Rosters,  Reports,  Returns,  &c.,  required  from  Bri- 
gade Head-quarters,  under  the  Military  Code,  General  Regulations  and  existing 
Orders,  is  hereby   published  : 

1st. — A  return  of  the  names,  rank  and  residence  of  all  officers,  to  these 
Head-quarters  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  June,  annually. — Par.  495, 
G.  R. 

3d. — A  certified  report  containing  the  names  and  residences  of  all  new 
officers  and  members,  and  the  names  of  all  those  who  shall  have  resigned, 
been  dismissed,  expelled,  or  who  shall  have  ceased  or  neglected  to  per- 
form the  full  duties  required  b}'  law,  since  last  report,  to  these  Head- 
quarters annually,  between  the  30th  and  35th  days  of  September. — Section 
31,  chapter  539,  Laws  of  1870,  as  promulgated  in  General  Orders  No.  3, 
Division  Head-quarters,  Series  1870. 

3d. — A  report  of  evolutions  practiced  during  each  year  to  accompany 
similar  reports,  from  Regimental  Commandants  to  General  Head-quar- 
ters annually,  on  or  before  December  1st. — Par.  527,  G.  R. 

4th. — A  statement  of  amount  of  monies  received  for  commutations  and 
fines  and  amount  expended,  to  General  Head-quarters  by  Brigade  Com- 
mandants as  Presidents  of  Board  of  Auditors,  annually,  on  or  before 
December  1st.— Par.  708,  G.  R. . 

5th. — A  report  of  all  Courts  Martial  ordered  by  Brigade  Commandants 
(other  than  those  for  trial  of  delinquencies,)  to  Judge  Advocate  General 
annually,  on  or  before  December  1st. — Par.  840,  G.  R. 

6th. — A  roster  of  all  Commissioned  Officers,  to  these  Head-quarters 
annualiv,  on  or  before  December  1st. — (Herebv  ordered  under  Sec.  37, 
M.  C.)  ' 

7th. — A  report  of  the  inspections  and  reviews,  to  the  Adjutant-General, 
within  thirty  days  after  each  annual  inspection. — Sec,  153,  M.  C. 

8th. — Two  copies  of  the  muster  and  inspection  returns,  as  made  to  the 
Brigade  Inspector,  one  to  the  Adjutant-General  and  the  other  to  the 
Inspector-General,  immediately  after  annual  inspection. — Sec.  152,  M.  C, 
and  one  copy  to  these  Head-quarters  (hereby  ordered). 

9th. — A  report  of  officers  and  enlisted  men  present  and  absent,  to  these 
Head-quarters,  within  ten  days  after  each  Division  or  Brigade  parade  or 
annual  inspection  (on  the  form  furnished). — Circular,  November  19th, 
1869,  Head-quarters  1st  Division. 

10th. — A  report  containing  the  names  of  all  officers  absent  during  each 
year,  from  any  parade,  drill,  encampment,  or  meeting  for  instruction 
ordered  by  Division  Commander,  to  Division  Head-quarters  annually,  on 
or  before  January  15th. — Sec.  235,  M.C. 

II. — The  following  list  of  Rosters,  Reports,  Returns,  &c.,  required  from  Regi- 
mental Head-quarters,  under  the  Military  Code,  General  Regulations,  and  ex- 
isting Orders,  is  hereby  published  : 

1st. — A  semi-annual  return  of  all  discharges  granted,  to  the  Adjutant- 
General  on  the  first  day  of  January  and  July. — Sec.  253,  M.  C. 


2d. — A  return  of  all  officers  absent  from  any  parade,  encampment, 
drill,  or  meeting  for  instruction  held  during  each  year  ending  on  the  31st 
day  of  December,  to  Brigade  Head-quarters,  by  Adjutants  of  Regiments 
annually,  on  or  before  January  10th. — Sec.  235,  M.  C. 

3d. — A  special  return  (on  the  prescribed  form)  to  the  Adjutant-General 
annually,  on  or  before  May  1st. — Par.  668,  G.  R. 

4th. — A  return  of  the  names  and  residences  of  all  Officers  and  Non- 
commissioned Staff  Officers  to  Brigade  Head-quarters  annually,  on  or 
before  May  20th. — Paragraph  495,  G.  R. 

5th. — A  return  of  clothing,  quartermaster's  stores,  camp  and  garrison 
equipage,  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  and 
Quartermaster-General  annually,  during  the  month  of  September. — Sec. 
5.  chap.  612,  Laws  of  1865. 

6th. — A  return  of  all  Field  and  Staff  Officers,  Non-commissioned  Staff 
Officers  and  Musicians  present  and  absent,  to  Brigade  Inspector  within 
twenty  days  after  each  annual  inspection. — Sec.  150,  M.  C.,  and  Par.  672, 
G.  R. 

7th. — A  report  of  the  condition  and  number  of  arms  and  equipments,  &:c. 
to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  by  Regimental  Quartermasters  annually,  on 
or  before  November  1st. — Par.  868,  G.  R. 

8th. — A  statement  of  manoeuvres  practiced  during  year,  to  Brigade 
Head-quarters  annually,  between  November  1st  and  15th. — Par.  527, G.  R. 

9th. — A  roll  giving  name  and  description  of  all  enlisted  men  who,  dur- 
ing each  year  preceding  December  1st,  shall  have  paraded  at  least  seven 
different  times  (four  of  which  shall  have  been  by  regiment,  battalion, 
or  company,)  to  the  Adjutant-General  annually,  during  the  month  of 
December  and  prior  to  the  15th  day  thereof. — Sec.  113,  M.  C. 

III. — The  following  list  of  Rosters,  Reports,  Returns,  &c.,  required  from 
Company  Commandants,  under  the  Military  Code,  General  Regulations,  and 
existing  orders,  is  hereby  published  : 

1st. — A  semi-annual  return  of  discharges  granted,  to  the  Adjutant- 
General,  by  the  Commandants  of  Separate  troops,  batteries,  and  com- 
panies, on  the  first  day  of  January  and  July. — Sec.  253,  M.  C. 

2d. — A  return  of  the  names  of  all  Commissioned  Officers  absent  from 
any  parade,  encampment,  drill,  or  meeting  for  instruction  held  during 
each  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  December,  to  the  next  superior  in 
command,  by  the  commandants  of  Sepai-aie  troops,  batteries,  or  com- 
panies, on  or  before  January  5th,  annually. — Sec.  235,  M.  C. 

3d. — A  special  return  (on  the  prescribed  form)  to  the  next  superior  in 
command  annually  on  or  before  April  1st. — Par.  669,  G.  R. 

4th. — A  return  containing  the  names  of  all  Officers,  Non-commissioned 
Officers,  Musicians,  and  uniformed  privates,  to  the  next  superior  in  com- 
mand on  or  before  the  1st  of  June  annually. — Par.  496,  G.  R. 

5th. — A  report  of  the  names  and  residences  of  all  new  members,  and 
the  names  of  all  members  who  shall  have  resigned,  or  been  expelled,  or 
who  shall  have  ceased  or  neglected  to  perform  the  full  duties  and  services 
required  by  law,  to  the  Commissioners  of  Jurors  annually,  between  the 
20th  day  of  September  and  the  1st  day  of  (October.— Sec.  31,  chapter  589, 
Laws  of  1870,  as  promulgated  in  General  Orders  No.  3,  Head-quarters 
1st  Division,  N.  G.  S.  N.\.,  1870. 

6th. — A  return  of  clothing,  quartermaster's  stores,  camp  and  garrison 
equipage,  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  and 
Quartermaster-General,  by  the  commandants  of  Separate  troops,  bat- 
teries and  companies  annually,  during  the  month  of  September. — Sec.  5, 
chapter  612,  Laws  of  1865. 


7th. — An  annual  statement  of  the  particular  manoeuvres  practiced  dur- 
ing the  year,  to  the  next  superior  in  command,  by  the  Commandants  of 
Separate  troops,  batteries  and  companies,  between  the  1st  and  15th  of 
November. — (Hereby  ordered  under  Par.  537,  G.  R.) 

8th. — A  roster  of  all  Commissioned  Officers,  to  the  next  superior  in 
command,  bv  the  Commandants  of  Separate  troops,  batteries  and  com- 
panies, annnallv  on  the  1st  of  December. — (Hereby  ordered  under  Sec. 
87,  M.  C.)  ■ 

9th. — A  roll  giving  name  and  description  of  all  Non-commissioned 
Officers,  Musicians  and  privates,  who,  during  each  year  preceding  the 
first  day  of  December,  shall  have  paraded  at  least  seven  different  times 
(four  of  which  parades  shall  have  been  by  regiment,  battalion,  or  com- 
pany,) to  the  Adjutant-General,  by  the  Commandants  of  Separate  troops, 
batteries  and  companies,  between  the  1st  and  15th  day  of  December, 
annually. — Sec.  118,  M.   C. 

lOth. — A  return  showing  the  number  of  Commissioned  and  Non-com- 
missioned Officers,  Musicians  and  Privates  present  on  parade  and 
absent  therefrom,  the  uniforms,  arms  and  equipments  inspected,  the 
number  of  uniforms  belonging  to  the  company,  and  the  arms  and 
equipments  in  its  possession,  to  the  Inspector  at  the  annual  Inspection 
and  muster. — Sec.  149,  M.  C. 

11th. — Muster  rolls  to  be  delivered  to  the  Inspector  one  week  prior  to 
the  day  of  inspection. — Sub-division  3,  of  Par.  XXIII,  of  General  Orders 
No.  21,  General  Head-quarters,  Series  1868. 

12th. — A  report  of  Officers  and  Members  present  and  absent  at  each 
Division  or  Brigade  parade,  to  the  next  superior  in  command,  by  the 
Commandants  of  troops,  batteries,  and  companies,  within  five  days  there- 
after.— (Under  Circular,   November  19th,  1869,  Division  Head-quarters.) 

18th. — A  return  of  all  Officers  absent  from  any  parade,  drill,  encamp- 
ment, or  meeting  for  instruction,  to  the  next  superior  in  command,  by 
the  Commandants  of  troops,  batteries  and  companies,  annually,  on  or 
before  the  5th  day  of  January. — Sec.  235,  M.  C. 

14th. — A  report  of  members  liable  to  be  dropped,  to  the  next  superior 
in  command,  by  the  Commandants  of  troops,  batteries  and  companies, 
at  least  three  weeks  before  the  annual  muster. — Par.  VI,  General  Orders 
No.  18,  General   Head-quarters,  Series  1868. 

IV. — Commanding  Officers  are  enjoined  to  be  prompt  iri  the  rendition  of  the 
above  returns. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Ai.k.\.\nt)ER  Shai.ek, 


WM.   H.  CHESEBROUGH, 

Colonel,  Asst  Adj-Genl  and  Chief  of  Staff. 

Official  : 


Captain  and  A.    D.    C. 


Circular. 

No.  8. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION.  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  Yoek.  Sept.  20th.   1870. 


I. — The  following  letter  from  the  Chief  of  Ordnauce  S.  N.  Y.,  is  published 
for  the  information  of  this  command,  and  the  requests  therein  contained  will 
be  strictly  complied  with  : 

STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 
HEADQUARTERS  ORDNANCE  DEPARTMENT. 
New  York.  Sept.  17,  1870. 

Major-Greueral  Alexander  Shaler, 

Commanding  First  Division  N.  G. 
General : 

During  the  summer  the  Drill  room 
of  the  State  Arsenal,  7th  Avenue,  has  been  put  in  good  order,  and  is  now 
ready  for  the  use  of  the  National  Guard  of  this  City.  Three  hundred  mus- 
kets will  be  at  all  times  ready  for  their  use;  and,  for  the  convenience  of  the 
Armorer,  I  have  to  request  that  they  will  be  left  in  stacks  at  the  close  of 
the  drill.     A  set  of  colors  and  guidons  will  be  also  kept  for  Battalion  drills. 

I  respectfully  request  that  you  will  direct  such  military  organizations  of  your 
Division  as  may  use  the  drill  room,  to  post  two  sentinels  at  the  main  en- 
trance, to  protect  the  large  gas  meter,  exclude  boys  and  maintain  order.  I 
wish  it  to  be  understood  also,  that  I  do  not  permit  any  of  the  employees  of 
the  Arsenal  to  receive  donations  for  lighting  the  gas  or  attending  to  the 
room. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be  very  respectfully, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

WM.  H.  MORRIS, 
Chief  of  Ordnance  S.  N.  Y. 

II. — Commanding  Officers  of  Regiments  and  Battalions  will  forward  to 
these  Head-Quarters,  immediately  after  their  issue,  all  orders  for  drills  and 
parades  of  their  respective  commands,  until  further  orders. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

WM.  H.  CHESEBROUGH, 
Colonel,  Ass't  Adj.-Gen'l  and  Chief  of  Staflf". 


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New  York,  Oct.  21st,  1870. 


Circvlar. 
No.  9. 


The  following  instructions  are  published  for  the  information  and  govern- 
ment of  the  troops  upon  tlie  occisiou  of  the  Review  ordered  for  the  28th 
instant: 

The  Division  will  be  formed  for  review  in  two  lines — the  Infantry  in  bat- 
taUon  columns,  by  division,  right  in  front,  nt  half  distance.  The  Cavalry 
on  the  right  and  the  Artillery  on  the  left. 

Commandants  of  Brigades,  Regiments  and  Batteries,  will  conform  strictly 
to  tlie  provisions  of  Form  3,  Article  2,  Appendix  II.,  and  also  of  Paragraphs 
9,  10,  11,  12.  General  Rules,  Upton's  Tactics. 

The  Regimental  Bands,  with  the  exception  of  the  one  at  the  head  of  col- 
umn, will  not  commence  to  play  until  within  fiftj'-  paces  of  the  reviewing 
officer.     This  point  will  be  designated  by  a  flag. 

In  passing  the  reviewing  officer,  the  music  of  the  rear  regiments  of  each 
Brigade  will  cease  to  play  so  soon  as  it  has  given  the  ruffles  for  the  colors 
of  the  rear  battalion. 

On  the  arrival  of  the  Commander-in-Chief  upon  the  ground,  a  salute  of 
twenty-one  guns  will  be  fired  by  Battery  "  B,"  Artillery,  the  Commanding 
Officer  of  which  will  see  that  his  command  is  provided  with  the  requisite 
ammunition. 

A  detail,  of  two  Commissioned  Officers  and  forty  men,  will  be  made  by 
the  Commanding  Officer  of  the  First  Brigade  immediately  upon  the  arrival 
of  his  Command  upon  the  ground,  to  act  as  a  "provost  guard,"  and  prevent 
straggling  from  the  field. 

The  Division  Staff  will  assemble  at  the  residence  of  the  General  Com- 
manding at  8  o'clock,  A.  M. 

The  detail  of  orderlies,  for  Division  Head-Quarters,  will  report  at  the  same 
time  and  place.  Those  for  the  several  Brigade  Head-Quarters  will  report  at 
such  time  and  place  as  the  Commanding  Officers  may  direct. 

In  accordance  wiih  Paragraph  534,  General  Regulations,  the  General  and 
Field  Officers.  Division  Staff,  Chiefs  of  Staff  and  Brigade  Inspectors,  will  meet 
for  theoretic  instruction,  at  these  Head-Quarters,  No.  127  Mercer  Street,  on 
Wedxesd.vy  EvEyiNCr,  26th  instant,  at  half-past  8  o'clock,  p.  ii.  The  Division 
Staff  will  assemble  at  the  same  place  one  hour  earlier. 

The  attention  of  Brigade  Commanders  is  called  to  Circular  of  November 
19,  1869,  from  these  Head-Quarters.  The  reports  therein  referred  to  will, 
hereafter,  be  furnished  within  the  time  specified. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

WM.  H.  CHESEBROUGH. 

Colonel,  Ass't  Adj.-Gen'l  and  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official: 


Major  and  A.  D.  C. 


// 


HKAD-QUARTKRS  FIRST  DIVISION,  X.  G.  S.  X.  Y. 

New  York.  Jnmmrv  -ith,  1871. 

General  Orders,    > 
No.  1.  f 

The  foUowinjr  niipoiiitmcnt  i^J  aiinoiin<'e<l  oii  the  Staff  of  tlie  Major-General 
Commanding: 

Joii.N"  Fowi.KR.  Jr..  (kite  Colonel.  A.  A.  G.  and  (.'hief  of  Staff.  Ist 
Division.  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y..)  to  be  Ordnance  Officer,  \s-ith  the  rank  of 
Lientenant-Colonel,  vice  Doxaldsox,  resigned. 

Bv  order  of  Major-General  Alex.^ndeh  Shaler. 

WM.  H.  CHESEBROUGH. 

Colonel,  Ass't  Adj.-Gen'l  and  Chief  of  Sfafl'. 
Official: 


Major  and  A.  D.  C. 


HKAD-QITARTKRS  FIRST  DIVISION.  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

Xew  York,  Jaiuuiiy  25,  1871. 

General  Orders.    / 
Xo.  2.  f 

Pursv.ant  to  the  provisions  of  Section  235  of  the  Militar}'  Code,  a  Court 
Martial  is  herel)}'  ordered  to  pass  upon  the  delinquencies  of  Officers  "absent 
from  any  parade,  encampment,  drill,  or  meeting  for  instruction,"  during  the 
year  1870,  held  pursuant  to  Division  Orders. 

DETAIL   for   the   COURT; 
Brigadier-General  J.  M.  Variax,  commanding  3d  Brigade. 
Colonel  JoH.v  Ward,  commanding  12tli  Regiment  Infantry. 
Lieut-Coloiiel  Frederick  Uxbekannt,  llth  Regiment  Infantry. 

The  Court  will  assemble  at  the  Armory  of  the  7tli  Regiment  Infantry,  on 
Wednesday  Kvenixg,  March  1st  next,  at  8  o'clock. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

WM.  H.  CHESEBROUGH. 

Colonel,  Ass't  Adj.-Gen'l  and  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official: 


and  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

Xew  York,  Februmy  7,  1S71. 

General  Orders,    ) 

No.  3.  f 

It  has  been  brought  to  the  attention  of  the  Major-General  Commanding, 
that  persons,  other  than  those  allowed  by  law,  have  been  appointed  upon 
the  Staffs  of  some  Regimental  Commanders  under  the  title  of  '■  Honorarj' 
Staff  Officers,"  for  the  purpose  of  parading  with  the  Commands  to  which 
thej  have  been  thus  improperly  attached,  as  if  they  were  legally  commis- 
sioned Officers  of  the  National  Guard.  Such  appointments  are  entirely  ille- 
gal, and  the  practice  establishes  such  a  bad  precedent,  is  so  subversive  of 
discipline,  and  so  lialile  to  detract  from  the  proper  respect  due  to  Officers 
legally  commissioned,  that  it  is  deemed  necessary  to  formally  prohibit  it. 
It  is  hereby  ordered,  therefore,  that  no  person  who  is  not  commissioned  ac- 
cording to  law,  will  be  allowed  to  wear  the  uniform  of  an  Officer,  or  to  pa- 
rade as  such,  with  any  Command  in  this  Division.  Section  14,  of  Article 
III,  Military  Code,  prescribes  the  number  and  rank  of  Regimental  Staff  Offi- 
cers, and  Article  lY.  those  that  are  attached  to  Brigades  and  Divisions. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 


Official: 


WM.  H.  CHESEBROUGH, 
Colonel,  Ass't  Adj.-Gen"l  and  Cliief  of  Staff. 


and  A.  D.  G. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  X.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  Mav  26.  1871. 

GrENEEAL   ORDERS,     ) 

No.  4.  \ 

I. — The  death  of  Brigadier-General  Louis  Burger,  Commander  of  the 
Second  Brigade,  is  announced  with  senMments  of  profound  regret.  His 
burial  will  take  place  on  Sunday,  the  2Sth  instant,  from  10.^  Pineapple 
Street,   Brooklyn. 

II. — The  following  organizations  will  perform  escort  duty  on  this  occasion, 
and  will  report  to  Brigadier-General  J.  M.  Varian,  who  is  hereby  detailed 
to  command  the  escort,  at  1:30.  p.  5i.,  at  the  corner  of  Fulton  and  Clinton 
Streets,  Brooklyn : 

5th  Regiment  Infantry. 

Separate  Troop  Cavalry  (Captain  Karl  Klein). 

One  Section  of  Battery  "K"  Artillery. 

III. — The  Officers  of  the  Division  are  invited  lo  attend  the  funeral  in  full 
imiform,  witli  the  usual  liadge  of  mourning  on  tlie  left  arm.  The  Division 
Staff  will  assemble  (mounted)  at  No.  1 1  West  13lh  Street,  at  1,  p.  m. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

WM.  H.  CHESEBROUGH, 
Colonel,  Ass't  Adj.-Gen"l  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISIOX,  N.  a.  S.  N.  T. 

New  York,  June  16,  1871. 

General  Orders.    ) 
No.  5.  ] 

I. — This  Division  will  celebrate  the  95th  Anniversary  of  our  National  In- 
dependence on  the  4th  day  of  July  next,  by  parading  and  passing  in  review 
before  His  Honor  the  Mayor. 

II. — The  troops  will  be  formed  in  close  column  of  Companies,  right  in 
front,  iiead  of  each  column  resting  on  Bowery,  as  follows: 

Separate  Troop  Cavalry,  on  5ih  Street,  east  of  Bowery. 

First  Brigade,  on  4th  Street,  east  of  Bowery. 

Batteries  ''C"  and  "G,"  on  4th  Street,  west  of  Bowery. 

Second  Brigade,  on  3d  Street. 

B.ittcries  '-B"  and  •' K,"  on  Great  Jones  Street. 

Third  Brigade,  on  2d  Street. 
The  Cavalry  will  be  formed  and  paraded  in  the  rear  of  the  Infantry  of  each 
Brigade. 

in. — The  Commanding  Orticers  of  the  above  organizations  will  report  to 
the  Chief  of  Staff,  at  the  Junction  of  Third  and  Fourtli  Avenues,  as  soon  as 
their  commands  are  formed. 

IV. — The  column  will  march  at  7  o'clock,  a.  m.,  the  Separate  Troop  of 
Cavalry  leading,  tlie  other  oroanizations  following,  at  proper  intervals,  in  the 
order  named  in  Paragraph  II. 

Y. — The  line  of  march  will  be  down  Bowery  to  Canal  Street,  through 
Canal  Street  to  Broadway,  up  Broadway  to  Waverley  Place,  through  Waver- 
ley  Place  to  Fifth  Avenue,  up  Filth  Avenue  to  14th  Street,  through  14th 
Street  to  Sixth  Avenue,  up  Si.\th  Aveniie  to  34th  Street,  through  34tli  Street 
to  Fifth  Avenue,  and  down  Fifth  Avenue  to  Wortli  Monument,  where  the 
column  will  pass  in  review  l)efi>re  His  Honor  tlie  Mayor  of  the  City,  who 
will  be  accompanied  by  the  members  of  the  Common  Council  and  Heads  of 
Departments.     The  troops  will  be  dismissed  immediately  thereafter. 

YI. — The  Streets  and  Avenues  above  named,  from  curb  to  curb,  are  desig- 
nated as  the  Division  parade-ground  for  the  day. 

VII. — The  Commandant  of  Battery  "C"  will  tire  a  National  Salute  on 
the  Battery  at  meridian. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

WM.  H.  CHESEBROUGH, 
Colonel,  Ass't  Adj.-Gen'l  and  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official: 


and  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION.  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  June  19,  1S71. 

General  Orders,    ) 
No.  fi.  f 

A  review  of  the  proceedings  of  a  Court-Martial,  appointed  under  the  pro- 
visions of  Section  235,  Military  Code,  by  General  Orders  No.  2,  from  these 
Head-Quarters,  for  the  purpose  of  passing  upon  delinquencies  of  Officers  at 
parades,  itc,  held  in  pursuance  of  orders  from  Division  Head-Quarters,  dis- 
covers irregularities  wliich  sliould  be  corrected,  as  much  for  the  purpose  of 
establishing  correct  rules  of  action  for  any  similar  court  tliat  may  hereafter 
be  ordered,  as  to  insure  exact  justice  to  those  returned  as  delinquents  to  the 
existitig  court. 

Among  tlie  rules  which  seem  to  have  governed  the  court,  in  passing  judg- 
ment upon  the  various  cases,  all  of  them  for  absences  from  parades,  drills,  or 
meetings,  are  three,  notably  itnsound.     They  are  as  follows : 

First. — An  officer  who  testified  to  not  having  received  a  notice  was 
excused. 

Second. — An  officer  who  furnished  the  court  with  evidence  that  his 
superior  officer  had  excused  him.  was  excusable. 

Third. — An  officer  engaged  in  the  discharge  of  the  dutie.'^  of  his  office 
was  excusable. 

Whenever  these  rules  alone  have  governed  the  Court  in  its  decisions,  the 
Division  Commander  has  felt  constrained  to  disapprove  of  the  proceedings. 

In  the  class  of  cases  first  referred  to,  viz:  those  officers  who  testified  to 
not  having  received  notices,  the  Court  should  have  required  positive  evi- 
dence that  the  failure  to  receive  the  notices  was  not  due  to  the  neglect  of  the 
warning  officer.  The  provision  of  the  law,  defining  wjiat  constitutes  a  legal 
notice  and  how  it  shall  be  served,  is  very  explicit,  and  the  Court  had  a  riglit 
to  presume  upon  a  correct  discharge  of  the  warning  officers'  duties  in  tlie 
absence  of  proof  to  the  contrary.  The  proceedings,  therefore,  in  the  cases 
of  Lieut.  Klelscii.  6th  Regiment,  absent  from  parade  Sept.  30.  1870,  Capt. 
LeMoy.ve  and  Lieut.  WninnT  and  Lieut.  Cone,  of  Battery  "  G,"  absent  from 
Artillery  Officers'  drill,  Nov.  11,  1870,  and  Major  Brown.  22d  Regiment,  aud 
Major  DoR.VN.  69th  Regiment,  absent  from  meeting  for  instruction  at  Divi- 
sioii  Head-Quarters,  October  26,  1870,  so  far  as  the  same  relates  to  the  ab- 
sences referred  to.  are  disapproved. 

In  the  class  of  eases  next  referred  to,  viz;  those  officers  who  furnislied 
evidence  that  their  superior  officers  had  excused  them,  the  ('ourt  should 
have  remembered  that  the  law  plainly  prescribes  in  Section  235,  Military 
(Jode,  that  excuses  for  absence  from  "  any  parade,  drill,  or  meeting  for  im- 
provement." held  in  pursuance  of  orders  from  Division  Head-Quarters,  shall 
be  made  to  a  Court-martial  to  be  appointed  for  tlie  purpose,  and,  therefore, 
it  is  not  in  the  power  of  any  subordinate  authority,  either  before  or  after  the 
the  i)arade.  etc..  to  relieve'an  officer  or  soldier  from  his  oljligations  under 
that  order.  Were  it  otherwise,  the  requirements  of  the  law  in  the  matter 
of  parades,  etc.,  might  be  evaded  and  its  provisions  neutralized  to  a  damag- 
ing extent  If  a  General  may  e.xicuse  one  of  his  Field  or  Staff"  Otficer.s  he 
mav  all.  If  a  Captain  may  e.xcuse  one  of  his  subaltern  Officers,  he  mijy  all. 
The  law  does  not  contemplate  any  such  liberties.  When  a  Commanding  Oiti- 
eer  issues  an  order  for  one  of  the  '-parades,  encampments,  drills,  or  laieet- 
ings,"  which  the  law  requires  shall  be  ma.ie,  every  officer  and  soldier  in  the 
command  must  attend  or  submit  his  excuse  to  the  only  legal  authority 
recognized,  viz. :  the  Court  appointed  for  the  purpose.  The  Commanding 
(Jfficcr  himself  is  not  aulliorized  bv  law  to  assume  the  power  of  excusuig  in 


such  cases.  The  proceedings,  therefore,  in  the  eases  of  Captain  Tate,  22d 
Regiment,  and  Lieutenant  Dubois,  55th  Regiment,  absent  from  parade  .Tuly 
4th,  1870,  Surgeon  Nealis,  G9th  Regiment,  and  Lieutenant  Lindsay,  TOtli 
Battahon,  absent  from  parade  September  30lli,  1870,  Captain  Brexnax,  69th 
Regiment,  and  Lieutenant-  Kelly.  69th  Regiment,  absent  from  parade  (no 
date  given  by  the  Court),  and  Lieutenant  1<]aglesox,  84tli  Regiment,  absent 
from  parade  October  '28t]i,  1870,  so  far  as  the  same  relate  to  tlie  absences 
referred  to,  are  disapproved. 

In  the  class  of  cases  alhided  1o  in  tlie  third  instance,  viz. :  those  officers 
engaged  in  the  discharge  of  tlie  duties  of  their  respective  offices,  tliere  ap- 
peared no  evidence  that  they  were  thus  engaged  at  that  particular  time  by 
orders  from  the  same  or  higher  authority  than  that  wliicli  ordered  the  meet- 
ing for  improvement,  which  would  have  furnished  the  only  justitication  for 
their  absence.  Tliere  is  an  old  and  simple  rule  which  every  military  man 
should  remember,  that  where  a  conflict  of  orders  (apparent  or  real)  exists, 
those  issued  from  the  highest  Head-Quarters  first,  and  ne.xt.  the  latest  issued 
from  the  same  Head-Quarters,  takes  precedence  and  must  be  obeyed.  It  is 
true  that  in  the  cases  of  Colonel  Scott,  and  Major  Appi.eton,  of  the  8th 
Regiment,  the  order  for  tlie  inspection  of  the  Regiment  was  issued  but  one 
day  after  the  date  of  the  Division  Order,  and  perhaps  before  its  receipt  at 
Brigade  Head-Quarters,  and  that  some  inconvenience  might  have  resulted  to 
a  large  number  of  officers  and  men  in  clianging  the  evening  of  inspection, 
but  that  furnishss  no  legal  excuse  for  disregarding  the  Division  Order  nor 
does  the  Court  suggest  this  or  any  other  reason  for  excusing  the  parties 
named,  except  the  bare  fact  tiiat  they  were  occupied  in  the  discharge  of  other 
military  duties.  In  the  case  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  Madden,  1st  Cavalry, 
still  less  reason  for  excusing  existed,  since  the  Court  might  have  learned 
that  the  inspection  of  the  Cavalry  was  ordered  for  two  o'clock  in  the  after- 
noon, while  the  order  for  the  meeting  was  eight  o'clock  in  the  evening.  The 
proceedings,  therefore,  in  the  cases  of  Major  Gilon,  1st  Brigade  Staff,  Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel Webster,  1st  Regiment.  Colonel  Scott,  8th  Regiment.  Major 
Appleton,  8th  Regiment,  Colot^el  Wentavoktii,  3d  Brigade  Start',  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  Seward,  3d  Brigade  Stafl',  and  Lieutenant-Colonel  Madden,  1st  Cav- 
alry, absent  from  meeting  for  instruction  at  Division  Head-Quarters,  October 
26th,  1870,  and  Major  Gilon,  1st  Brigade  Staff,  absent  from  parade  Septem- 
ber 30th,  1870,  so  far  as  the  same  relate  to  the  absences  referred  to.  are 
disapproved. 

In  prescribing  the  amount  of  fines  which  ma}'  be  imposed  upon  enlisted 
ni'in  for  absence  from  parades,  etc..  the  law  (see  par.  2,  Sec.  207,  M.  C.)  very 
wisely  makes  a  marked  distinction  between  the  members  of  a  troop  parading 
mounted,  and  others.  It  is  believed  that  the  application,  on  the  part  of 
Courts  appointed  to  pass  upon  the  delinquencies  of  officers  at  parades,  etc., 
of  the  principle  herein  established,  would  be  eminently  just  and  proper  and 
have  a  salutary  effect.  The  expense  of  parading  is  so  much  greater  to 
mounted  officers  than  to  foot  officers,  that  if  the  amount  imposed  by  this 
Court  upon  mounted  officers  should  become  a  standard  one.  tliere  would  be 
great  economy  in  their  absenting  themselves  and  paying  the  fines.  It  is 
well  therefore,  while  excessive  and  burdensome  fines  should  not  be  imposed 
except  in  aggravated  cases,  tliat  those  infiicted  upon  mounted  officers  should, 
as  a  rule,  exceed  those  imposed  upon  foot  officers,  and  that  the  should  be 
rather  more  than  less  than  the  amount  of  outlay  required  to  make  a  parade. 
In  a  few  instances  the  same  officers  were  returned  for  absence  from  a  legal 
parade  which  required  them  to  be  mounted  nearly  a  whole  day.  and  for  oc- 
casional absence  from  a  series  of  evening  drills  or  meetings.  The  Court,  in 
determining  the  penalties,  should  have  discriminated  between  the  two  classes 
of  delinquencies  and  imposed  for  each  a  proportionate  fine.  That  fixed  upon 
by  the  Court  for  absence  from  the  evening  drills  and  meetings  as  compared 
with  the  full  dress  day  parades  is  regarded  as  greatly  in  excess,  and  there- 
fore the  proceedings  in  the  cases  of  Lieutenant  (]one.  Battery  ■Mi."  and 
Lieutenant  Kas.sciian,  Battery  "B,"  absent  from  Artillery  Officers'  drill.  De- 
cember 30th,  1870,  so  far  as  the  same  pertain  to  the  imposition  of  tlie  fines 
for  absence  from  the  Artillery  Officers'  drill  above  designated,  are  disap- 
proved, and  their  cases  are  respectively  mitigated  Ijy  a  reduction  from  five 
dollars  for  each  unexcused  absence  to  two  (2)  dollars  for  each  unexcused 
absence. 


The  fines  imposed  upon  the  Officers  of  tlie  1st  Division  Staff  for  absence 
from  a  series  of  weelcly  evenin<;  meetings  are  extremely  excessive  but  the 
proceedings  in  their  cases  are  confirmed. 

[n  the  cases  of  Lieutenant  HuGGixs,  22d  Regiment,  absent  from  parade 
October  28th,  and  Lieutenant  Lediard,  8th  Regiment,  absent  from  parade 
July  4tli,  both  out  of  the  citj-  on  business  at  the  dates  named,  Capta  n  Yan 
ScHAiCK.  22d  Regiment,  alisent  from  parades  September  30th,  and  October 
28lli,  and  Lieutenant  BFJUifi.':,  22d  Regiment,  absent  from  parade  September 
i{Oth,  all  of  whom  pleaded  luisiness  as  an  excuse,  the  Court  accepted  the 
plea  as  sufficient,  while  in  the  cases  of  Captain  Barkkr,  8th  Regiment,  and 
nine  otlier  officers  returned  for  alisence  from  various  parades,  drills,  and 
meetings,  the  plea  was  refuse  I  and  the  delin([uents  were  fined.  Absence 
from  t!ie  city  on  business,  in  exceptional  cases  only,  should  be  allowed  as  a 
sufficient  excuse.  Unless  it  is  clearly  shown  that  the  service  of  the  notice 
was  not  ma  ie  before  the  day  of  the  delmquent's  departure  from  the  city,  the 
excuse  of  absence  should  be  regarded  as  insufficient.  The  proceedings  do 
not  show  any  material  difference  between  the  cases  cited,  and  the  reviewing 
officer,  lieing  imalile  to  discover  the  influences  which  actuated  the  Court  to 
impose  penalties  in  the  cases  of  Captain  Barker,  and  others,  and  not  in  the 
cases  first  named,  feels  constrained  to  disapprove  the  proceedings  of  the 
Court  so  far  as  the  same  pertain  to  the  cases  of  Lieutenant  Huggixs,  22d 
Regiment,  Lieutenant  Lediard,  8th  Regiment.  Captain  Van  Schaick,  22d 
Regiment,  and  Lieutenant  Briggs,  returned  for  absences  for  tlie  parades 
before  named. 

The  proceedings  in  the  case  of  Commissaries  Charles  E.  Schade,  71st 
Regiment,  JoHX  Cooxax,  69tli  Regiment,  Johx  B.  Morss,  12th  Regiment, 
and  George  Akry,  1st  Cavalry,  are  disapproved,  these  officers  having  no 
legal  existence  as  Commissaries,  are  not  amenable  to  a  Militar}'  Court  and 
should  not  have  been  returned  for  delinquencies.  The  reference  of  their 
cases  to  the  Court  by  tiiese  Head-Quarters  was  an  oversight. 

In  the  case  of  Surgeon  Buttles,  71st  Regimhnt,  absent  from  parades  July 
4th,  and  Septeml)er  SOtli,  the  record  does  not"  state  what  was  the  nature  of 
the  excuse  offered,  but  tiuit  it  was  satisfactory  to  the  Court,  and  he  was  ex- 
cused. It  is  neeessar}-  for  a  full  understanding  l)y  the  reviewing  officer  of 
eacli  case,  that  the  excuse  offered  should  be  fully  written  out  in  the  pro- 
ceedings, and  as  it  was  so  written  in  all  the  other  cases,  it  is  presumed  to 
liave  been  an  oversigiit  on  the  part  of  the  Judge  Advocate  in  writing  up  the 
proceedings  The  omission  however  is  not  of  sufficient  importance  to  affect 
the  final  action  of  the  Court,  and  the  proceedings  in  this  case  will  therefore 
stand  approved. 

In  a  number  of  cases  the  Court  excused  officers  returned  for  absences  from 
parades  upon  the  bare  statement  that  they  were  not  absent.  This  direct 
conflict  between  the  officer  making  the  return  and  the  officer  returned  should 
have  suggested  to  the  Court  the  propriety  of  obtaining  additional  evidence, 
in  order  not  only  that  exact  justice  sliould  lie  secured  to  the  accused,  but 
that  the  (jfficer.s  making  erroneous  returns  might  be  informed,  and  thereby 
guarded  against  making  similar  errors  in  future  returns. 

The  proceedings,  in  all  cases  not  herein  referred  to  and  disapproved,  are 
continued. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

WM.  H.  CHESEBROUGH, 

Colonel,  Ass't  Adj.-Gen'l  and  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official: 


and  A.  D.  0. 


HEAD-QLTARTKRS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York.  October  12,  1871. 
General  Orders.    } 
No.  7.  f 

I. — The  Infantry  organizatiens  of  this  DivisioQ  will  parade  on  the  occasion 
of  tlie  Reception  of  His  Imperial  Highness,  Alexis,  i  iraud  Duke  of  Russia. 

11. — The  order,  date,  and  hour  of  formation  will  be  announced  in  further 
orders,  published  in  tlie  Daily  Newspapers,  as  soon  as  the  time  of  the  arri- 
val of  His  Imperial  Highness  has  been  definitely  determined. 

III. — In  accordance  with  Paragraph  534,  General  Regulations,  all  General 
and  Field  Officers,  Division  Staff',  Chiefs  of  Staff,  and  Inspectors  of  Brigades, 
will  meet  for  theoretical  instruction  at  these  Head  Quarters,  127  Mercer  St., 
on  TrESD.w.  17th  instant,  at  8  o'clock,  p.  m. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alex.'VNDER  Shaler. 

WM.  H.  CHESEBROUGH, 
Colonel,  Ass't  Adj.-Gen'l  and  Chief  of  Staff", 
Official: 


and  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,   N.  G.   S.   N.   Y. 

New  York,  October  Uth,  IHTI. 


General  Orders,  ) 
No.  8.  f 


A  General  Court-Martial  is  hereby  appointed,  to  convene  at  Head-Quarters 
of  the  Second  Brigade,  Irving  Hall,  on  the  Second  day  of  November,  1871,  at 
Eight  o'clock,  P.  M.,  for  the  trial  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  Frederick  Unbekani', 
11th  Regiment,  2d  Brigade,  1st  Division,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  and  such  other  per- 
sons as  may  be  brought  before  it. 

Detail  for  the  Court. 

Brigadier-General  William  G.  Ward,  1st  Brigade. 

Colonel  W.  B.  Allen,  ooth  Regiment. 

Colonel  F.  W.  Sterry,  6th  Regiment. 

Major  Geo.  R.  Schieffeli.n,  1st  Brigade  Staff. 

Judge  Advocate. 

The  Court  will  sit  without  regard  to  hours. 

hy  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

WM.   H.  CHESEBROUGH, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  G.  and  Chief  oj  Staff. 
Otficial  : 


and  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  Yokk,  Oct  17.,  1871. 

GrENERAIi   ORDERS,  } 

No.  9.  f 

The  following  appointments  are  announced  on  the  Staff  of  the  Major- 
General  commanding : 

James  R.  O'Beirxe,  (formerlv  Brevet  Brigadier-General,  U.  S. 
Vols.)  to  be  Quarter-Master,  with  the  rank  of  Lieutenant-Colonel, 
from  date,  vice  McClure.  resigned. 

Frank  WRfSLEY,  to  be  Commissary  of  Subsistence,  with  the  rank 
of  Lieutenant-Colonel,  from  date,  viceYiiAiMi,  elected  to  the  Colonelcy 
of  the  11th  Regiment,  Infantrj-. 

They  will  be  obeyed  and  respected  accordingly. 
By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

WM.  H.  CHESEBROUGH, 

Colonel,  Ass't  Adj-Gen'l  and  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official  : 


and  A.  D.  C. 


IIEAD-QL'ARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

Nkw  York,  Nov.  4th,  1871. 

General  Ohdeks,  / 
No.  10.  \ 

In  pursuance  of  a  demand  this  day  received  from  tlie  police  authorities 
of  this  city,  the  division  will  hold  itself  in  readiness  for  service  on  Tuesday 
next,  the  7th  instant. 

The  followin:^  named  Rei^iments  will  assemble  it  their  respective 
Armories,  at  0  A.  M.,  on  the  7th  inst.,  with  the  new  repeating  Rifles,  and 
e(iuipped  lor  active  service,  with  forty  rounds  of  ammunition,  an  I  await 
orders  from  these  Head-Quarters: 

7th  Regiment,  Col.  E.  Cl.\I{1\,  Commanding. 
13th        "         Col.  J.  Ward,  Commanding. 
22d         "         Col.  J.  Porter,  Commanding. 
71st         "  Col.  II    Rock.^kellei!,  Commanding. 

As  the  officers  and  men  of  the  above  named  Regiments  assemble,  they 
will  be  formed  and  kept  within  the  Armories. 

The  attention  of  the  otlicers  and  men  ot  the  other  organizations  of  the 
Division,  is  called  to  the  Provisions  of  General  Orders  No.  12,  Series  ot 
IH70. 
The  Division  Slatf  will  report  at  these  Head-Quarters  at  6  o'clock  A.  M. 

]}y  order  of  Major-General  Ale.\.\nder  Siialer. 

WM.  H.  CHESEBROUGH, 
Colonel,  A.  A.  G.  &  Chief  of  Stafl. 
<  )fficl\i-  ; 


Major  and  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  (i.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  Nov.  Sth,  1871. 


(tENEhal  Orders,  ) 

No.  11.  )' 


and  :>d  Avenue. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shai>er. 

WM.  II.  (^IIESEBROUGH, 
Colonel,  A.  A.  (i.  &  Ciiief  of  Start. 
(  )fkici.u.  ; 

and  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  Nov.  8tli,  1871. 

(iKNEKAL    OUDERS,   / 
No.   12.  f 

Charges  of"  Conduct  unl)ecomin<?  an  Officer  and  a  Gentleman,"  and  of 
"  Disrespect  to  his  superior  Officer,"  ll■lvltl^■  been  preferred  on  tlie  relation 
of  Lieutenant-Colonel  Williii'ii  Seward,  Jr.,  A.  A.  G.  and  Cliief  of  Staff  of 
the  Third  Brigade,  against  Colonel  Frederick  A.  Conkling,  Commanding 
the  84th  Regiment,  31  Brigade,  and  forwarded  to  these  Head-Quarters, 
the  Division  Commander,  after  a  full  and  c  ireful  consideration  of  the  case, 
and  of  all  the  circumstances  connected  tiierewith,  has  concluded  that  the 
interests  of  the  service  would  not  bs  promoted  by  the  arrest  of  the  accused 
and  the  reference  of  the  case  to  a  court-martial.  The  sjieciUcations  fur- 
nished to  sustain  the  above  charges,  embrace  one  act,  in  effect  as  follows, 
viz  :  that  at  a  meeting  for  instruction  of  certain  officers  of  the  Division, 
held  in  pursuance  of  orders  from  Division  Head-Quarters,  the  accused  did 
"  announce  and  declare,  tliat,  if  the  84lh  Regiment  should  be  called  out  on 
another  such  occasion,  (referring  to  the  occasion  of  the  not  in  the  City  of 
New  York,  on  the  12th  day  of  July,  1871,)  they  would  object  to  serve  under 
the  officer  who  was  in  command  of  tlie  escort  of  which  they  formed  a 
part,  and  would  desire  that  some  other  General  be  selected  to  Command, 
or  words  to  that  effect,  referring  to  and  me  ming  Brigidier-General  J.  M. 
Varian,  commanding  Third  Brigade,"  "  with  the  intent  to  degrade  said 
Brigadier-(-reneral  J.M.  Varian,  before  his  superior  and  inferior  officers." 

Tlie  i^resence  of  the  Division  Coiiimander  at  tiie  time  the  language  was 
used,  removes  the  necessity  of  referring  the  case  to  a  court  of  inquiiy,  to 
obtain  a  relation  of  all  the  facts  connected  with  the  offence.  The  words 
uttered  l)y  the  accused  were  not  only  offensive  to  the  officer  alludedto, 
but  must  have  shocked  the  feelings  of  every  Officer  present  not  sharing 
with  the  accused  in  his  opinion  of  General  Varian  s  qualifications.  An 
officer  is  accountable  for  his  conduct  to  his  superiors  only  ;  and  no  greater 
mistake  can  be  mane  than  to  assume  the  right  to  criticise  the  acts  of  a 
superior,  unless  it  be  to  openly  act  upon  the  assumption,  as  in  this  case, 
and  express  in  the  presence  of  "brother  officers,  a  reflection  upon  the  con- 
duct of  a  superior  in  rank,  whose  acts  have  already  received  the  approval 
or  his  superior  officer.  Without  any  avowal  of  the  intention  of  the  accused, 
it  is  assumed  that  the  words  were  utiered  without  reflection  and  without 
considering  the  effect  they  would  produce,  or  the  breach  ot  military  pro- 
l)riety  contained  in  them.  It  is  deemed  therefore  best,  in  the  interests 
of  the  service,  while  reproving  this  act  in  tlie  strongest  terms,  to  dispose 
of  the  case  in  this  manner,  rather  than  submit  it  to  the  tedious  and  expen- 
sive forms  of  a  court-martial,  which  would  result  in  the  main  to  crimina- 
tions and  recriminations.  For  all  grievances  and  injuries  sustained  by  an 
officer,  the  law  and  regulations  furnish  means  of  redress,  and  it  is  not  only 
undignified,  but  is  extremely  damaging  and  demoralizing  to  the  organiza- 
tion for  officers,  to  indulge  in  expressions  at  any  time  calculated  to  irritate 
and  offend  each  other.  Their  intercourse  should  be  characterized  by  a 
spirit  of  kindness  and  generosity,  and  if  offltiers  of  high  rank  would  set 
the  example,  officers  of  lower  rank  woukl  hesitate  to  destroy  the  harmony 
of  their  commands  by  indulging  in  offensive  personalities. 


The  course  pursued  by  General  Varian,  after  being  advised  by  tlie  Divi- 
sion Commander  of  tlie  impropriety  of  repijing  to  the  offensive  remarks 
of  Colonel  Coukling,  in  seizing  the  earliest  moment  after  the  dismissal  of 
the  meeting,  to  appeal  to  the  officers  present,  and  invite  a  comparison 
between  his  own  conduct  and  that  of  Colonel  Conkling  on  the  occasion 
referred  to,  was  improper.  It  is  natural  enough  for  an  officer,  upon 
receiving  an  injury  from  another,  to  vindicate  himself  proaiptly,  but 
Colonel  Conkling's  offence  was  a  militiry  one,  and  should  have  been 
treated  as  such.  General  Varian's  final  appeal  to  a  military  court,  was 
greatly  weakened  by  his  having  followed  Colonel  Conkling's  example. 

It  is  hoped  that  this  case  will  result  in  bringing  all  the  officers  of  the 
Division  to  a  fuller  realization  of  the  courtesies  due  to  each  other. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexandek  Shaler. 

WM.  H.  CHESEBROUGH, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  G.  &  Chief  of  Staff. 
Officiai.  ; 


and  A.  D.  C. 


HKAD-OUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,   N.   G.  S.   N.   Y. 


New  York,  November  U)th,  IS?]. 


(iKNKRAl.    Oui>KRS,    I 

No.  18.  \ 


The  troops  ordered  to  parade  on  the  Reception  of  Hi.s  Imperial  Highness, 
(iRAND  Di'KE  Ai.KXis,  of  Russia,  will  he  formed  in  line  at  1.80  P.  M.,  on  the 
'2flth  inst. 

The  landing  of  His  Imperial  Highness  and  sia'/^  is  expected  to  take  place  at 
2  P.  M. 


By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shalek, 


WM.   H.   CHESEBROUGH, 

Coloiel,  Ass't  AdJ-Gen'l  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


Official  : 


and  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUAKTEKS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  Dec.  19th,  1871. 

Gknerai,  Orders,  } 
No.  14.  \ 

I.  At  a  c^eneral  oourt-niavlial  which  convened  at  Head-Quarters  of  the 
Second  Brigade,  Irvin^^  Hall,  city  of  New  York,  pursuant  to  General 
Orders,  Xo.  8,  C.  S.  from  these  itead-Quarters,  and  of  which  Brigadier- 
General  VV"m.  G.  Ward,  First  Brigade,  is  President,  was  arraigned  and 
tried,  Lieutenent-Colonel  Frederick  Unbekant,  Eleventh  Regiment,  Second 
Brigade,  First  Divison.  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  on  the  following  Charges  and 
Specifications : 

CHARGE  I. — Disobcdiemc  of  Orders. 

SPEC.iFiCA.Ttox  First. — In  this,  th  it  he,  thu  said  Lieutenant-Colonel 
Frederick  L'nbekant,  commanding  Eleventh  Regiment,  Second  Brigade, 
First  Division,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  being  in  command  of  said  Regiment,  and 
being  ordered  by  Brigadier-General  Augustus  Funk  commanding  Second 
Brigule,  First  Division,  X.  G.  S.  N.  Y,  by  General  Orders,  Xo.  10,  from 
said  Head-Quarters  to  transmit  one  copy  of  the  Muster  Rolls  of  each  com- 
pany of  his  command  to  Major  W.  C.  Dickel,  Brigade  luspectoi,  on  or 
Itefore  the  28th  day  of  September,  1871,  and  four  copies  to  the  Brigade 
Inspector  one  week  belore  the  time  appointed  for  inspection,  did  refuse 
to  obey,  and  did  disob-y  the  said  orders  so  given  by  said  Brigadier- General 
Auiiustus  Funk,  as  aforesaid. 

Specification  Second. — In  this,  that  he,  the  said  Lieutenant-Colonel 
Frederick  Unbekant,  commanding  the  aforesaid  Regiment,  being  in  com- 
mand of  said  R"giment,  and  being  ordered  by  Brigadier-General  Augustus 
Funk,  commanding  the  aforesaid  Brigade,  by  General  Orders,  Xo.  10, 
from  said  Mead-(.2uarteis,  lo  furnish  said  Head-Quarters  with  a  complete 
roster  of  the  Field,  Staff,  and  Company  Officers  of  his  command,  on  or 
before  the  Isl  day  of  Octobei-,  1871,  did  refuse  to  obey,  and  did  disobey 
the  said  orders  so  given  by  said  Brigadier-General  Augustus  Funk,  as 
aforesaid. 

CHARGE  II. — DLirexpect  to  his  Superior  Officers. 

Specification  First.— In  this,  that  he,  the  said  Lieutenant-Colonel 
Frederick  Unbekant.  commanding  Eleventli  Regiment,  X.  G.  S.  X.  Y., 
did,  on  the  evening  of  Friday,  Septeml)er  29th,  1871,  in  a  public  bar-room 
in  the  City  of  Xew  York,  before  citizens  and  others,  use  language  of  great 
disresjiect,  and  unbecoming  an  officer,  towards  his  superior  and  command- 
ing ofiicer,  to  wit,  "General  Shaler  is  not  fitted  or  comjietent  to  command 
a  Regiment,  or  march  a  Redment  around  a  corner,"  or  words  to  that 
effect,  and  other  remarks  of  like  improper  nature. 

Specification  Second.— In  this,  that  he,  the  said  Lieutenant-Colonel 
Frederick  Unbekant,  commanding  the  aforesaid  Regiment,  did,  on  the 
evening  of  Friday,  September  29th'^  1871,  in  a  public  bar-room  in  the  City 
of  Xew  York,  belore  citizens  and  others,  say  "  General  Funk,  (meaning 
his  superior  and  commanding  officer,)  is  a  liar." 

Specification  Third.— Iii  this,  that  he,  the  said  Lieutenant  Colonel 
Unbekant,  commanding  the  aforesaid  Regiment,  did,  when  asked  for  a 
reeeipt,  for  a  special  order  fro;n  the  Head-Quarteis  aforesaid,  on  or  about 
September  8lJth,  1871,  tlirow  his  pen  upon  the  floor,  and  in  low  and  con- 
temptuous language,  say,  "  I  have  no  time  to  bother  with  this,  I  have  my 
business  to  attend  to,"'  or  words  to  that  effect. 


SPEcrFicATiON  Fourth. — la  this,  that  he,  the  said  Lieulenant-Colonel 
Frederick  Unbekant,  commanding  the  aforesaid  Regiment,  did,  on  or 
about  the  30th  day  of  August,  1871,  transmit  his  tender  of  resignation  to  the 
Head-Quarters  of  the  Second  Brigade,  First  Division,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y., 
without  submitting  it  to  his  commanding  officer,  Brigadier-General 
Augustus  Funk,  at  that  time  commanding  Eleventh  llegiment,  N.  G. 
S.  N.  Y. 

CHARGE  in. — Conduct  prejudicial  to  good  order  and  dimpline. 

Specification  First. — In  this,  that  he,  the  said  Lieutenant-Colonel 
Frederick  Unbekant,  commanding  the  aforesaid  Regiment,  did  on  or 
about  August  26th,  1871,  transmit  his  tender  of  resignation  to  the  Head- 
Quarters  of  the  Second  Brigade,  N.  G.  8.  N.  Y.,  with  a  certificate  of  non- 
indebtedness  from  the  Commissary-General  of  Ordnance,  which  had  been 
used  a  j-^ear  prior  and  tlien  withdrawn. 

Specification  Second. — In  this,  that  he,  the  said  Lieutenant-Colonel 
Frederick  Unbekant,  commanding  the  aforesaid  Regiment,  did,  on  or  about 
August  20th,  1871,  transmit  his  tender  of  resignation,  with  altered  dates, 
to  the  Head-Quarters  of  Second  Brigade,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  said  resignation 
having  been  used,  and  transmitted  to  the  aforesaid  Head-Quarters,  and 
withdrawn  a  year  previous. 
To  which  charges  and  specifications  the  accused  pleaded  as  follows : 
To  the  first  specification,  first  charge — "  Not  guilty." 
To  the  second  specification,  first  charge — "  Xot  guilty." 

To  the  first  charge — "  Not  guilty." 
To  the  first  specification,  second  charge — "  Demurs." 
To  the  second  specification,  second  charge—"  Demurs." 
To  the  third  specification,  second  charg<3 — "  Demurs." 
To  the  fourth  specification,  second  charge—"  Demurs." 
To  the  second  charge — "  Not  guilty." 
To  the  first  specification,  third  charge — "  Not  ffuilty." 
To  the  second  specification,  third  charge — "  Not  guilty." 
To  the  third  charge — "  Not  guilty." 

FINDINGS  OF  THE  COURT. 

Of  the  first  specification,  1st  charge — "  Guilty,"  except  as  to  the  words 
"did  refuse  to  obey."  and  of  these  words  "Not  guilty."  The  court,  however, 
attach  no  criminally  to  the  disobedience,  it  appearing  that  the  accused 
attempted  to  comply  with  the  order,  but  was  hindered  by  the  imperfect 
condition  of  the  records  of  the  regiment,  for  which  he,  having  but  recent- 
ly come  into  command,  should  not  be  held  accountable. 

Of  the  second  specification,  first  charge — "Guiltj,"  except  as  to  the 
words  "  did  refuse  to  obey,"  and  of  these  words — "  Not  guilty." 
Of  the  first  charge — "  Guilty." 
Of  the  first  specification,  second  charge — "  Not  guilty." 
Of  the  second  specification,  second  charge — "  Not  guilty." 
Of  the  third  specification,  second  charge — "  Not  guilty." 
Of  the  fourth  specification,  second  charge — "  Not  guilty," 

Of  the  second  charge — "  Not  guilty." 
Of  the  fiist  specification,  third  charge — "  Not  guilty." 
Of  the  second  specification,  third  charge — "  Not  guilty." 
Of  the  third  charge — "  Not  guilty." 


SENTENCE. 

The;court  does  therefore  sentence  him,  the  said  Lieutenant-Colonel  Fred- 
erick Unbekant,  Eleventh  Regiment,  Second  Brigade,  First  Division  of 
the  National  Guard  of  the  State  of  New  York — "  To  be  reprimanded  in 
General  Orders  by  the  publication  of  this  sentence." 

II.  The  proceedings  in  the  foregoing  case  are  approved,  and  the  sen- 
tence is  hereby  confirmed. 

III.  Lieutenant-Colonel  Frederick  Unbekant,  Eleventh  Regiment 
Second  Brigade,  is  hereby  released  from  arrest,  and  ordered  to  report  for 
duty. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

WM.  H.  CHESEBROUGH, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  G.  &  Chief  of  Staff. 
Offici.\l  ; 


and  A.  D.  C. 


HKAD-QUARTKRS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.   N.  Y. 

New  York,  May  22,   1S71. 
Circular  No.  1. 

The  foUowiajr  iavit;ition,  received  at  these  Head-Quarters  to-da}%  is  pro- 
iiuilgated  to  this  coram-.ind  : 

'■  HeadQuautkrs  Meiioei.vl  Executive  Committee 
"  Gawn  Army  of  tub  Republic 

"  Unioa  Square  and  14th  Street, 

•'New  York.   May  22,  1S71, 

•■  Major-Gen'l  Alexander  Shai.er, 

,.  Commandin.s;  Fir.-t  Division,  X.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 
•'Sir,   ' 

"At  a  meeting  of  tlie  General  Committee  of  the  G.  A.  R. 
"held  at  No.  2.3  Thir.l  Av^enue,  on  Saturday.  May  20lh.  it  was  unanimously 
•■  resolved,  that  an  invitation  be  extended  to  you  and  your  command  to 
"parade  and  participate  with  us,  on  the  30th  instant,  in  our  annual  tribute 
•'  to  llie  'Nation's  Dead.' 

'"  I  liave  the  honor  to  remain 

"  Very  respectfuU}'.  your  obdt  serv't, 

(Signed)  "FR.\NK   M.  CLARK.  Secretary." 

Such  orgaaizations  as  desire  to  participate  in  the  exercises  of  that  day 
will  report  to  Fran'k  M.  Clark,  Secretary  of  the  General  and  Executive 
(Committees,  as  early  as  practicable. 

By  order  of  Major-Geueral  Ale.xander  Shaler. 

WM.  H.  CUES  EBRD  UGH. 
Colonel,  Ass't  Adj.-Gen'l  and  Chief  of  Stat!'. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIYISIOX,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

Xew  York,  June  16,  1S71. 
Circular  Ko.  2. 

The  following  instructions  are  published  for  the  guidance  of  the  troops 
upon  the  parade  ordered  for  the  4th  of  July  next : 

In  passing  in  review,  Regimental  Commanders  will  cause  at  least  three 
additional  drummers,  or  trumpeters,  to  wheel  out  of  the  column  with  their 
bands,  to  beat  the  ruffles  or  sound  the  trumpet  flourishes  for  a  Major-Gene- 
ral,  when  tlie  colors  are  drooped. 

The  Regimental  liands,  with  the  exception  of  that  at  the  head  of  the 
Division  column,  will  not  commence  to  play  until  with  tifty  paces  of  the  re- 
viewing officer. 

Attention  is  called  to  Paragraph  9,  Form  2,  Article  Third,  Appendix  II., 
Upton's  Tactics,  as  follows:  ''As  the  troops  are  passing  the  reviewing  offi- 
cer, the  music  of  each  Brigade  will  cease  to  play  as  soon  as  it  has  given  the 
ruffles  for  the  colors  of  the  rear  battalion.  Then  the  music  of  llie  succeed- 
ing brigade  will  commence  to  play,  and  conform  to  the  above." 

Tlie  details  of  mounted  orderlies  for  Brigade  Head-Quarters,  will  not  ex- 
ceed the  number  prescribed  in  General  Orders  No.  6,  dated  Head-Quarters 
First  Division,  July  1,  1869. 

Tlie  Division  Staff  will  assemble,  mounted  and  in  full  uniform,  at  Ko.  9 
West  13th  Street,  at  6.30  o'clock,  \.  M. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alex.a.nder  Sh.aler. 

WM.  H.  CHESEBROUGH. 
Colonel,  Ass't  Adj.-Gen'l  and  Chief  of  Staif. 
Official: 


and  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  T. 

New  York,  July  31st,  1871. 
Circular  No.  3. 

The  following  communication,  received  at  these  Head-quarters  to-day,  is 
promulgated  to  this  command  : 

"  Ceeemore,  Ontario,  July  2Gth,  1871. 

"  Sir  : 

"  I  hereby  transmit  a  copy  of  a  resolution  passed  at  a  District 
"  Meeting  held  on  Saturday,  the  22d  instant,  by  the  District  Lodge  of  Not- 
"  tawasaga,  comprising  six  different  private  Lodges  : 

'•  Moved  by  Bro.  Alex.  McKee,  Dep't  Master  of  704,  and  seconded  by 
"Bro.  Wm.  Young,  Treasurer  of  651,  and  Resolved,  That  we  tender  our 
"  heartfelt  sympathy  to  the  sorrowing  relatives  of  the  brave  officers  and  pri- 
"  vate  soldiers  who  fell  while  defending  the  laws  of  their  country ;  while  we 
"  deplore  their  death  and  offer  such  consolation  as  we  can  to  those  to  whom 
"  their  death  is  a  sore  bereavement,  it  must  be  a  great  consolation  to  know 
"  that  they  fell  at  the  post  of  duty,  fighting  to  upheld  the  rights  of  the 
"  people,  and  to  vindicate  the  majesty  of  the  law. 

"You   will  please  accept  this  as  an  acknowledgment  of  our  respect  and 
"  esteem  for  the  valuable  services  of  the  Military  of  New  York  in  protecting 
"our  brethren  of  that  city  on  the  12th  instant,  and  greatly  oblige  by  com- 
"  municating  the  spirit  of  the  above  resolution  to  those  entitled  thereto. 
"  I  have  the  honor  to  be  your  obedient  servant, 

"S.  C.  McMANUS,  M.  D., 

"  District  Master  of  Nottawasaga, 
"  Gen'l  Shaler,  New  York.  Ontario,  Dominion  of  Canada." 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

WM.  H.  CHESEBROUGH, 
Colonel,  Ass't  Adj.-Gen'l  and  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official: 


and  A.  D.  C. 


New  York,  Oct.  lOtli,  1871. 
Circular  No.  4. 

The  orsjanizations  of  this  Diviaioii  designated  iu  General  Orders  No. 
7,  C.  S.,  and  the  troops  from  Brooklyn  and  Newark,  who  have  intimated 
a  desire  to  take  part  in  the  reception  of  His  Imperial  Highness,  Grand 
Duke  Alexis,  oi  Russia,  will  be  formed  on  the  day  and  at  the  hour  to  be 
hereafter  announced  in  the  daily  papers,  in  a  deployed  line  on  the  south 
side  of  Battery  Place,  and  the  East  side  of  Broadway,  the  left  resting  on 
West  Street,  in  the  following  order,  viz.: 

1st  Brigade,  1st  Division,  Brigadier-Genera]  Ward,  Commanding. 

3d  Division,  ]M;ijor-General  Woodward,  Commanding. 

2d  Brigade,  1st  Division,   Brigadier-General  Funk,   Commanding. 

New  Jersey  Brigade,  Brigadier-General  Plume,  Commanding. 

1st  Division,  od  Brigade,  Brigadier-General  Varian,  C!ommanding. 
As  soon  as  the  line  is  formed,  two  men  from  each  company  will  be 
posted  in  their  respective  fronts,  to  ensure  the  unobstructed  use  of  the 
carriage-way,  from  curb  to  curb.     As  the  Gr.vnd  Duke  approaches,  these 
sentinels  will  face  inward  and  salute  without  orders. 

The  Commanding  Otiicers  of  tiie  1st,  2d,  and  '^i\.  Brigades,  1st  Division, 
will  each  detail  one  Ilegiment  from  their  respective  Brigades,  to  serve  as  an 
escort  to  His  Imperial  Highness  and  smte.  The  Commanding  Officers  of 
the  Regiments  on  this  detail,  will  report  to  Brigadier-General  VV^ard,  Com- 
manding Isl  Brigade,  who  is  hereby  assigned  to  the  Command  also  of  the 
Esort^These  Regiments  will  be  formed  and  posted  as  follows,  viz:  One 
Regiment  in  line  of  l)attle  on  the  East  side  of  I3roadway,  its  lett  resting  on 
the  right  of  the  general  hue — one  Regiment  in  line  of  battle  on  the  West  side 
of  Broadway,  its  left  opposite  the  right  t)f  the  Regiment  just  located — and 
one  Regiment  in  open  column  of  Comp;inies  right  in  front,  the  rear 
of  the  column  a  little  in  advance  of  the  flanks  of  the  two  Regiments  in 
line  last  named.  The  music  of  these  two  Regiments  in  line,  will  take 
post  in  the  rear  of  the  Regiment  in  column,  and  on  the  march  will  play 
alternately. 

The  Grand  Duke  and  suite  will  land  at  Pier  1,  N.  R.  As  he  moves 
along  the  line,  each  Regiment  will  in  turn  pay  him  the  compliments  due 
to  a  Major-General,  remain  at  present  arms,  until  the  rear  carriage  has 
passed,  then  break  into  column  ot  Companies  and  join  the  Rear  of  the 
moving  column.  When  the  leading  carriage  reaches  the  right  of  the  line, 
the  two  Regiments  ol  the  Escort,  in  line  alter  saluting,  will  l)reak  into 
columns  of  fours,  and  the  whole  Escort  move  forward  under  the  orders 
of  the  General  of  the  1st  Brigade.  The  two  Regiments  on  the  flanks, 
marching  in  columns  of  fours,  wdl  keep  tlie  heads  of  their  columns 
abreast  of  the  leading  horses  of  the  foremost  carriage,  and  so  open  or 
close  their  columns  as  to  keep  the  rear  close  to  the  Regiment  in  rear  of 
the  carriages,  which  Regiment  forms  a  part  of  the  escort.  The  Colonels 
of  the  two  flank  Regiments  with  their  Staffs,  will  march  in  one  line  just 
idicad  of  their  respective  columns. 

The  line  of  march  will  be  up  I3roadway  to  14th  Street  and  4th  Avenue 
to  the  Clarendon  Hotel  at  18lh  Street;  upon  arriving  at  the  Hotel,  His 
Imperial  Highness  will  receive  a  marching  salute,  the  bands  remaining 
in  column,  and  the  troops  will  immediately  thereafter  be  dismissed.  Alter 
saluting.  General  Officers  and  their  Staffs  will  wheel  out  of  the  column. 

The  Division  Staff  will  asseml)le  at  No.  9  West  i:3th  Street,  one  hour 
earlier  than  the  hour  published  in  the  Daily  Newspapers  as  the  time  of 
assembly. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alex.\nder  Siialer. 

WM.  II.  CIIESEBROUGH, 
Colonel,  A.  A.  G.  &  Chief  of  Stafi'. 
(  )fficial  ; 


A.  1).  C. 


head-(21'arti:rs  fihst  division,  n.  g.  s.  x.  y. 

New  York,  Jan.  2."5tli,  1872. 


Gejneral  Okdeks, 
No.  1. 


Pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  Section  ioo  of  the  Military  Code,  a 
Court  Martial  is  hereby  ordered  to  pass  upon  the  delinquencies  of  Officers 
'•absent  from  any  parade,  encampment,  drill,  or  meeting  for  instruction," 
durinji'  the  year  1871,  held  pursuant  to  Division  Orders. 

DETAIL   FOK  THE   t'OURT : 

Brigadier-<jreneral  Wm.  G.  Ward,  commanding  1st  Brigade. 
Colonel  John  II.  BroKE,  commanding  8d  liegiment  Cavalry. 
Lieut-Colonel  Charles  R.  Braixe,  commanding  Dth  Regiment  Inf. 

The  Court  will  assemble  at  the  Armory  of  the  22d  Regiment  Infantrj', 
on  Wednesday  Evening,  ^March  (jlh  next,  at  8  o'clock. 

By  order  of  ^Major-General  Alexander  Siialer. 

WM.  H.  CHESEBROUGH, 

Colonel  A.  A.  G.  &  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official  ; 


Captain  and  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QIJAKTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  Feb.  ITth,  1872. 

General  Ordeus,  / 
No.  2.  \ 

I.  The  time  of  assembly  of  the  court  martial  directed  in  General 
Orders,  No.  1.  C.  S.  to  pass  upon  the  delinquencies  of  officers  "absent  from 
any  parade,  encampmeut,  drill,  or  meeting  for  instruction,"  during  the 
year  1871,  held  pursuant  to  Division  Orders,  is  hereby  postponed  to 
Wednesday  Evening,  March  27th,  next,  at  8  o'clock. 

II.  Major  George  Moore  Smith,  7th  Regiment,  3d  Brigade,  is  hereby 
detailed  as  junior  member  of  the  court,  vice  Lieutenant-Colonel  C.  R. 
Braine,  !lth  Regiment,  8d  Brigade. 

By  order  of  Major-General  At.exandeh  Shaleu. 

WM.  H.  CHESEBROUGH, 

Colonel  A.  A.  G.  &  Chief  of  Stafl. 
Official  ; 


Captain  and  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  K  Y. 

New  York,  April  29th,  1872. 

General  Orders,  } 
No.  3.  f 

Iq  reviewing  the  proceedings  of  a  Court-Martial,  appointed  in  compli- 
ance with  the  provisions  of  Section  235,  MiUtary  Code,  by  General  Orders 
No.  1,  C.  S.,  as  amended  by  General  Orders  No.  2,  C.  S.,  from  these  Head- 
Quarters,  to  pass  upon  the  delinquencies  of  officers,  absent  from  parades,  etc., 
held  pursuant  to  Division  Orders,  during  the  year  1871,  the  commanding 
General  finds  it  necessary  to  direct  attention  to  General  Orders  No.  6, 
Series  of  1871,  from  these  Head-Quarters.  This  court  has  repeated  some 
of  the  eri'ors  of  its  predecessor,  as  follows  :  1st. — In  excusing  officers  from 
liability  on  the  plea  of  not  having  received  notice  to  parade,  etc.  The 
principle  which  should  have  governed  the  Court  in  the  cases  of  Major 
Gilon,  1st  Brigade  Staff,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Madden,  1st  Cavalry,  Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel Schmale,  3d  Cavalry,  and  Major  Hammer,  9Gth  Regiment, 
all  absent  from  Meeting  for  instruction,  October  17th,  is  clearly  laid  down 
in  the  order  referred  to  as  the  first  rule  to  be  observed.  As  there  is  no  evi- 
dence in  the  record  to  show  that  the  failure  to  receive  notices  was  due  to 
the  neglect  of  the  warning  officers,  the  proceedings  of  the  court  in  these 
cases  are  disapproved. 

The  Court  has  in  some  cases  excused  officers  who  had  the  permission 
of  their  superiors  to  absent  themselves  from  parades,  etc.,  and  in  other 
cases  has  fined  them  for  like  offences.  In  this  connection  to  guide  future 
Courts  in  distinguishing  leaves  which  are  granted  by  the  proper  source, 
from  unauthorized  leaves,  reference  is  made  to  Article  XII,  General  Reg- 
ulations. While  it  is  unquestionably  the  privilege  of  Brigade  Commanders 
to  grant  leaves  of  absence  to  subordinates,  the  law  and  regulations  do  not 
contemplate  that  this  authority  should  be  exercised  by  them  in  direct  con- 
flict with  orders  from  a  higher  source.  Leaves  of  absence  granted  by 
Brigade  Commanders  before  the  receipt  ot  orders  from  Division  Head- 
Quarters,  directing  a  parade  or  other  duty,  are  certainly  sufficient  to  excuse 
officers  from  sucli  parade  or  duty,  but,  after  a  Division  Order  has  been 
issued,  it  cannot  be  set  aside  by  subordinate  authority.  If  the  officer 
requesting  a  leave  has  a  valid  reason  for  so  doing,  the  same  reason  which 
would  influence  his  Brigade  Commander  to  allow  him  to  be  absent  would 
doubtless  satisfy  the  Court- ^Martial.  All  leaves  of  absence  should  be 
granted  formally  in  Special  Orders,  on  application  through  the  proper 
channels,  and  with  the  consent  of  the  intermediate  superiors,  so  that  an 
officer  would  alw  ays  have  in  his  possession  the  authority  for  absenting  him- 
self from  his  command.  Regimental  Commanders  have  no  power  to  grant 
leaves  of  absence.  The  word  "  Furlough,"  in  the  case  of  Lieutenant  Von 
Oehsen,  3d  Cavalry,  is  supposed  to  mean  "  leave  of  absence,"  and  it  is 
assumed  that  it  was  granted  by  the  proptr  authorit}^  Fiu'loughs  are  only 
given  to  enlisted  men.  Presuming  that  the  court  has  been  governed  in 
its  action  by  the  law,  and  by  the  suggestions  contained  in  the  General 
Orders  referred  to,  the  proceedings  in  this  class  of  cases  are  approved. 

In  the  cases  of  Colonel  Cavanagh,  69th  Regiment,  and  JNIajor  Dickel, 
2d  Brigade  Staff,  absent  from  meeting  for  instruction,  October  17th,  ex- 
ctised  by  the  court  because  they  were  engaged  in  other  duties,  there  being 
no  evidence  introduced  to  show  that  they  were  so  engaged  by  orders  from 
the  same  or  higher  authority  than  that  which  ordered  the  meeting  for 
instruction,  the  proceedings  are  therefore  disapproved. 

In  every  case  where  sickness  is  offered  as  a  plea  for  non-performance  of 
duty.  Courts  for  trial  of  delinquent  officers  should  require  a  Surgeon's 
certificate  to  that  effect. 


It  is  noticed  that  the  court  did  not  pass  upon  the  delinquencies  in  the 
cases  of  Assistant  Surgeon  ilargroviz,  oth  Regiment,  Captain  P.  J.  Martin, 
1st  Regt.,  Lieut.  Kennier,  8th  Regiment,  and  Lieut.  Baguley,  8lh  Regiment, 
apparently  for  the  reason  that  the  Marshal  of  the  Court  stated  that  they 
"  could  not  be  found."  Section  142,  Military  Code,  very  clearly  defines 
what  constitutes  proper  service  of  notice  to  attend  Court-Martial.  It  is 
not  indispensable  that  notices  should  be  served  personally.  All  officers 
who  are  not  discharged,  or  whose  commissions  are  not  vacated  by  removal 
or  otherwise,  are  amenable  to  the  law,  and  should  not  be  permitted  to 
escape  the  consequences  of  their  delinquencies  by  their  omission  or  neglect 
to  give  proper  notice  of  changes  of  address.  'I  he  Court  should  have  pro- 
ceeded with  these  cases,  and  not  have  dropped  them.  The  proceedings 
in  the  cases  mentioned  above  are  therefore  disapproved. 

While  approving  the  action  of  the  court  in  attaching  a  penalty  for  every 
neglect  of  duty,  the  General  commanding  thinks  that  in  some  cases  the 
tines  imposed  are  somewhat  excessive.  It  is  supposed  that  every  officer 
ot  the  National  Guard  esprit  de  corps  to  influence  him  at  all  times  to  a 
prompt  and  cheerful  discharge  of  all  his  duties.  It  is  cot  deemed  neces- 
sary therefore  that  the  fines  for  all  delinquencies  should  be  made  so  heavy 
that  they  will  become  burdensome,  but  they  should  be  sufficiently  so  to 
stimulate  the  desire  on  the  part  of  the  officer  to  make  extra  exertions  or 
sacrifices  for  the  discipline  and  welfare  of  his  command.  To  avoid  all 
discrimination,  the  decision  of  the  court  in  all  cases,  so  far  as  it  refers  to 
the  amount  of  fines  imposed,  is  modified  as  follows,  viz: 
Colonel  Porter,  22d  Regiment,  absent  July  4tb,  .  .  .  from  $25  to  $10 
Chai)lain  Ebert,  11th        "        "  "     12th,     .     .     .     .     " 

Captain  Courtney,  !)th      "        "  "       "         .     .     .     .     " 

Lieutenant  Mackey,  1st    "■        "  "     4th,  12th,  &  Nov.  21st, 

G.  F.  Heil,  1st  Regiment,  absent  July  4th  k  12th, 
"  Quackenbush,  84th  Regiireni,  absent  July  12th,     . 

Carroll,  12th  Regiment,  Nov.  7th  &  21st,     ....    30 

In  the  case  of  Colonel  Allen,  5.5th  Regiment,  the  fine  is  remitted,  he 
having  been  discharged  from  service  before  the  assembly  of  the  court. 

The  proceedings  and  findings  in  all  cases  not  herein  referred  to,  and 
disapproved,  are  confirmed. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

WM.  H.  CHESEBROUGH, 

Colonel  A.  A.  G.  &  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official; 


Captain  and  A.  13.  C. 


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HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST   DIVISION,   N.  G.  S.   N.   Y. 

Nkav  York,  May  6th,  187^. 

Gknkkai,  Ordtrs,  } 
No.  4.  f 

I.  This  Division,  in  connection  with  the  Second  Divisic^n,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y., 
will  parade  for  inspection  and  review  by  his  Excellency,  John  T.  Hoffman, 
Commander-in-Chief,  on  "  Decoration  Day,"  Thursday,  the  80th  inst.,  at  iJ 
o'clock,  1'.  M. 

II.  The  Division  will  be  formed  in  a  deployed  line,  on  the  West  side  of 
P'ifth  Avenue,  North  side  of  East  Forty-Second  Street,  and  East  side  of  Madi- 
son Avenue,  left  resting  at  the  N.  E.  corner  of  Madison  Avenue  and  East 
Thirty-Fourth  Street  in  the  following  order  from  left  to  right,  viz  : 

Battery  "  K,"  Captain  John  N.  Heubner,  Commanding. 

Third  Brigade,  Brigadier-General  J.  M.  Varian,  Commanding. 

Batteiy  "G"  Captain  E.  M.  LeMcjyne,  Commanding. 

Battery  "  C,"  Captain  VVm.  Schilling,  Commanding. 

Second  Brigade,  Brigadier-General  Augustus  Funk,  Commanding. 

Battery  "  B,"  Captain   John  Keim,  Commanding. 

First  Brigade,  Brigadier-General  W.  G.  Ward,  Commanding. 

III.  Brigade  Commanders  will  report  to  the  Chief  of  Staff  as  soon  as  their 
commands  are  formed. 

IV.  The  line  of  march  will  be  down  Fifth  Avenue  to  the  point  of  review, 
which  will  be  established  in  Washington  Square,  South  of  Waverly  Place. 

V.  The  Second  Brigade  will  be  inspected  and  reviewed  by  the  Major-General 
Commanding  the  Division,  in  Tompkins  Square,  at  10  o'clock,  A.  M.  on  the 
same  day. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

WM.   H.   CHESEBROUGII, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  G.  and  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official  : 


Captain  and  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRS  I'  DIVISION,  K  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  Yoktv,  ]\ra\  8tli,  1S7L\ 


General  Orders,  } 


No.  5. 


The  following  appointments  and  promotions  upon  the  Staff  of  the 
Major  General  Commanding  the  Division,  are  herebj'  announced  : 

Lieutenant-Colonel  John  Fowler,  Jr.,  (Ordnance  Officer,)  to  be  Judge 
Advocate,  with  the  rank  of  Colonel,  from  date,  vice  Oake}',  resigned  and 
honorably  discharged. 

Major  John  Mechan,  (A.  D.  C.,)  to  be  Ordnance  Officer,  with  the  rank 
of  Lieutenant-Colonel,  from  date,  vice  Fowler,  appointed  Judge  Advocate. 

Captain  Thomas  Fairgrieve,  (A.  D.  C.,)  to  be  Aide-de-Camp,  with  the 
rank  of  Major,  from  date. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

WM.  H.  CHESEBROLGH, 

Colonel  A.  A.  G.  &  Chief  oi  Staff 

()ffiCL'\L; 


Captain  and  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  May  30th,  1872. 

(jrENERAL   ORDERS,  ) 

No.  6.  S 

I'he  review  of  the  1st  and  2d  Divisions  ordered  for  this  day  is  indefi- 
nitely postponed.  The  orders  and  instructions  relating  to  the  same  are 
hereby  countermanded. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

WM.  H.  CHESEBROUGH, 
Colonel,  A.  A.  G.  &  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official  ; 

and  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FUiST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  June  30th,  1873. 


General  Orders, 

No.  7. 


'[ 


I.  This  Division  will  parade  on  the  4th  proximo,  in  celebration  of  the 
96th  Anniversary  ol  our  National  Independence. 

II.  The  troops  will  be  formed  in  close  column  of  companies,  right  in 
front,  head  of  each  column  resting  on  Broadway,  as  follows: 

First  Brigade,  on  Bond  Street. 
Batteries  "  C  "  and  "  G, "  on  Amity  Street. 
Second  Brigade,  on  Great  Jones  Street. 

Batteries  "  B  "  and  "  K,''  on  Fourth  Street,  West  of  Broadway. 
Third  Brigade,  on  Fourth  Street,  East  of  Broadway. 
Separate  Troop  Cavalry,  on  Broadway,  North  of  Bleecker  Street. 
The  cavalry  will  be  formed  and  paraded  in  the  rear  of  each  brigade. 

III.  The  commanding  officers  of  the  above  organizations  will  report 
to  the  Chiet  of  Staff,  in  Broadway  south  of  Bond  Street,  as  soon  as  their 
commands  are  formed. 

IV.  1  he  column  will  march  at  8  o'clock  A.  M.,  the  Separate  Troop  of 
Cavalry  leading,  the  other  organizations  following,  at  proper  intervals,  in 
the  order  named  in  paragraph  II. 

V.  The  line  of  march  will  be  up  Broadway  to  Fourteenth  Street, 
through  Fourteenth  Street  to  Eighth  Avenue,  up  Eighth  Avenue  to 
Thirty-Fourth  Street,  through  Thirty-Fourth  Street  to  Filth  Avenue,  down 
Fifth  Avenue  to  Worth  Monument,  where  the  column  will  be  dismissed. 

VI.  The  Streets  and  Avenues  above  named,  from  curb  to  curb,  are 
designated  as  the  Division  parade  ground  lor  the  day. 

VII.  The  commanding  officer  of  Battery  "  B, "  will  fire  a  National 
Salute  on  the  Battery  at  Meridian. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

WM.  H.  CHESEBROUGH, 

Colonel  A.  A.  G.  &  Chief  of  Stafl. 
Official; 


and  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUAKTEKS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

Nkw  York,  Sept.  Ist,  IH72. 

<tRnkiiai.  Orders,  ) 
No.  8.  S 

I.  Colonel  and  Brevet-Brigadier  General  J.  Henry  Liebenau,  Inspector, 
Ist  Division,  is  hereby  detailed  and  announced  as  Acting  Chief  of  the 
Division  Staff,  during  the  absence  of  Colonel  VVm.  H  Chesebrough,  now 
on  leave. 

II.  The  following  appointment  is  announced  on  the  personal  Staff  of 
the  Major-General  Commanding  the  Division  : 

Captain  John  D.  Probst,  (Commissary  of  Subsistence,  1st  Brigade,) 
to  be  Aide-de-Camp,  with  the  rank  of  Captain,  from  dale  of  his 
present  commission,  vice  Fairgrieve,  promoted. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Ai.,ex.\nder  Sn.\.LER. 

J.  HENRY  LIEBENAU, 

Co\.  &  Brevet-Brigadier  General,  Inspector,  Acting  Chief  of  Staff. 
OPFrciAi. ; 

and  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUAKTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  Sept.  7th,  1873. 

General  Orders,  ) 
No.  9.  \ 

The  following  extracts  from  an  Act  of  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of 
New  York  entitled  "  An  Act  to  Regulate  Processions  and  Parades  in  the 
Cities  of  the  State  of  New  York"  passed  May  7th,  1873,  (Chapter  590 
Session  Laws  1873,)  are  promulgated  for  the  information  of  this  command. 

"  SECTfON  1. — No  procession  or  parade  shall  use  any  street  upon  the 
surface  of  which  a  railway  track  or  tracks,  by  marcliing  upon  the  said 
track  or  tracks;  and  the  free  passage  of  cars  upon  railway  tracks 
shall  not  be  interfered  with  by  the  formation,  halt,  or  march  of  any  such 
procession  or  parade,  or  of  the  persons  composing  it.  Whenever  any 
procession  shall  find  it  necessary  to  march  across  a  railway  track,  the 
portion  of  said  procession,  whicli,  in  so  marching,  is  likely  to  stop  the 
passage  of  any  car  or  cars  upon  said  track,  shall  come  to  a  halt  in  order 
to  permit  said  car  to  proceed." 


"  Sec.  3. — All  processions  and  parades  on  Sunday,  in  any  street  or 
public  place  of  any  city,  excepting  only  funeral  processions,  engaged  in 
the  actual  burial  of  the  dead,  and  processions  to  and  from  any  place  of 
worship  in  connection  with  a  religious  service  there  celebrated,  are  for- 
bidden ;  and  in  no  such  excepted  case  shall  there  be  any  music,  fireworks, 
discharge  of  cannon  or  fire  arms,  or  other  disturbing  noise  provided  that 
in  any  military  funeral,  music  may  be  played  while  escorting  the  body, 
but  such  music  shall  not  be  played  within  one  block  of  any  place  of  wor- 
ship where  worship  is  being  celebratec." 

"  Sec.  4. — Every  person  wilfully  violating  any  provision  of  this  Act 
shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  punishable  with  a  fine  not  exceeding 
twenty  dollars,  or  imprisonment  not  exceeding  ten  days,  or  both,  at  the 
discretion  of  the  court." 

The  object  of  section  1  being  to  prevent  any  procession  or  parade — 
whether  military  or  civic  from  obstructing  or  interlering  with  the  passage 
to  and  fro  of  tbie  City  Railway  Cars,  marching  upon  or  in  any  manner 
occupying  the  city  Railway  Tracks  is  hereby  strictly  forbidden,  except 
so  far  as  may  be  necessary  in  moving  across  a  street  or  from  one  street 
to  another.  Particular  attention  is  directed  to  the  second  Paragraph  of 
Section  i — designed  to  prevent  the  stoppage  of  cars. 

The  Major  General  Commanding  confidently  expects  the  legal  require- 
ments thus  clearly  laid  down  to  be  so  carefully  observed  that  no  troops 
of  this  command  will  ever  be  charged  with  impeding,  obstructing,  delay- 
ing, or  in  any  manner  interlering  with  the  City  Railway  Travel. 

It  will  be  observed  that  Section  3  applies  exclusively  to  Sunday. 

The  troops  of  this  command  are  therefore  strictly  forbidden  to  parade 
or  appear  in  procession  on  that  day  in  any  street  or  public  place  of  the 
City  of  New  York,  except  as  a  funeral  escort  or  as  "  a  funeral  procession 
eniiaged  in  the  actual  burial  of  the  dead — or  as  a  "  procession  to  and  from" 
some  "  place  of  worship  in  connection  with  a  religious  service  there  cele- 
brated." 

The  same  section  positively  prohibits  "  music,  fireworks,  discharge  of 
cannon  or  fire  arms,  or  other  disturbing  noise"  on  Sunday. 

Music  can  only  be  played  on  Sunday  at  a  military  funeral,  while  the 
escort  is  on  its  way  with  the  body  to  the  grave — even  this  permission  is 
qualified  thus:  "but  such  wusic  shall  not  be  played  within  one 

BLOCK     OV     ANY    PLACE    OF     WORSHIP    WHERE   WORSHIP    IS    BKING   CELE- 
BRATED." 


In  case  of  a  timeral  oa  SaaJay  wlthia  tlie  li  nits  of  this  caramaad,  there 
will  b3  no  firing  and  all  music  will  cease  as  soon  as  the  body  shall  have 
been  deposited  in  the  grave. 

S action  4  of  the  Act  declares  every  wilful  violation  of  the  provisions 
above  quoted  to  be  a  misdemeinor,  puaishable  by  fiae  or  imprisonment 
or  by  both  fine  and  imprisonment. 

No  Military  Oraer,  Rule,  liegulation  or  Usage  can  shield  the  offender. 

Until  repaaled,  altered  or  modified  the  law  to  which  attention  is  now 
directed  must  be  faithfully  observed  by  this  command,  except  in  cases  of 
Riot,  Insurrection  or  Invasion,  or  when  called  upon  to  aid  in  preserving 
the  public  peace. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

J.  HENRY  LIEBENAU, 

Col.  &  Brevet-Brigadier  General,  Inspector,  Acting  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official  ; 


and  A.   1).  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  Oct.  1st,  1873. 


<tEner.\l  Order 
No.  10. 


'■\ 


1.  This  Division  will  parade  for  inspection  and  review  by  his  Excel- 
lency. John  T.  Holfman,  Commander-in-Cliief,  on  Thursday,  the  10th  inst., 
at  4  o'clock,  P.  M. 

II.  The  Division  will  be  formed  in  a  deployed  line,  on  the  East  side 
of  Madison  Avenue,  North  side  of  East  Forty-Second  Street,  and  West 
side  of  Fitth  Avenue,  the  lett  resting  at  the  North  East  Corner  of  East 
Twenty-Third  Street  and  iladison  Avenue,  in  the  following  order,  Irom 
left  to  riffht,  viz.; 

Third  Brigade,   Brigadier  General.  J.  M.  Varian,  Commanding. 

Batteiy  "B,"  Captain  John  Keim,  Commanding. 

Battery  "K,"  Captain  John  N.  Heubner,  Commanding. 

Second  Brigade,  Brigadier  General,  Augustus  Funk,  Commanding. 

Battery  "G,"  1st  Lieutenant  James  B.  Cone,  Commanding. 

Battery  ''C,"  Captain  Wm.  Schilling,  Commanding, 

First  Brigade,  Brigadier  General,  Wm.  G.  Ward,  Commanding. 

III.  Each  Brigade  Commander  will  report,  by  a  Staff  OfHcer,  to  the 
Chief  of  Staff,  on  the  right  of  the  line,  as  soon  as  his  Command  is  formed. 

IV.  The  line  of  march  will  be  down  Fifth  Avenue  to  the  point  of 
review,  the  location  of  which  will  be  announced  on  the  day  of  the  parade. 

V.  The  detailed  instructions  contained  in  Circulars  Nos.  4  and  5, 
current  series,  from  these  Head-Quarters,  will  guide  tlie  troops  on  the  occa- 
sion of  the  parade  and  review  directed  in  these  orders. 

VI.  The  separate  Troop  of  Cvalry,  Captain  Karl  Klein,  Command- 
ing, will  report  to  the  Chief  of  Staff  at  No.  9  West  18th  Street  at  3  o'clock 
P.  M.,  on  the  day  of  tlie  parade. 

VII.  The  Division  Staff  will  assemble,  mounted  and  in  full  uniform, 
at  No.  9  West  13th  Street,  at  3  o'clock  P.  M.  on  the  same  day. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Sh.'Vler. 

J.  HENRY  LIEBENAU, 

Col.  Brevet-Brigadier  General,  Inspector  &  Acting  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official; 


and  A.  D.  C. 


lIKAD-CirAKTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  Oct.  19,  1873. 

(teneual  Ordeks,  } 

No.  11.  S 

I.  .V  (leiRTal  ('oiirt-Martial  is  hereby  appointed,  to  <-(»nvt'!i(' at  tlie 
Anniirv  of  the  71st  Regiment,  in  tliis  city,  on  Tiiursday,  tlie  7tli  day  of 
X()venil)er,  1S72,  at  74^  o'clock  P.  M.,  for  tlie  trial  of  2d  Licvitenant 
Charles  Rost,  Battery  "  B,  "  and  such  other  persons  as  may  he  brought 
before  it. 

DKTAIL,   FOR  THE   COURT  : 

Colonel  Rk  HAKD  Vose,  71st  Regiment. 
Captain  Kakl  Ki-ees",  Separate  Troop  Cavalry. 
-     1st  Lieutenant  Augustus  Hoelzle,  Battery  "K." 
'I'he  Court  will  sit  without  regard  to  hours. 

II.  The  junior  member  of  the  court  will  perform  the  duties  of  Jmlge 
Advocate. 

Bv  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

J.  HENRY  LIEBENAU, 
Col.  Brevet-Brigadier  General,  Inspector  &  Acting  Chief  of  Staff. 
OFFICIAL  ; 


and  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  Oct.  32,  1872. 


General  Orders, 
No.  12. 


In  aocordancc  with  the  provisions  of  paragraph  534,  General  Regula- 
tions, all  General  ajirl  Field  Officers,  the  Division  Staff,  Chiefs  of  Staff, 
and  Inspectors  of  Brigades,  will  meet  for  theoretical  instruction  at  these 
Head-Quarters,  on  Tuc^lu/,  the  12th  day  of  November,  1872.  at  8  o'clock 
P.  M. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

J.  HENRY  LIEBENAU, 

Col.  Brevet-Brigadier  General,  Inspector  &  Acting  Chief  of  Staff. 
Okfici.vi,  ; 


and  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  (i.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  Oct.  24,  1872. 
General  Orders,    } 
No.  13.  f 

I.  The  direction  to  the  junior  member  of  the  General  Court-Martial, 
contained  in  Section  II,  General  Orders,  No,  11,  Current  Series,  from 
these  Head-Quarters,  is  hereby  countermanded. 

II.  Major  William  Q.  Wilson,  Judge  Advocate  Ut.  Brigade,  is  hereby- 
detailed  and  directed  to  act  as  Judge  Advocate  of  the  General  Court- 
Martial  appointed  by  General  Order,  No.  11,  Current  Series,  from  the.se 
Head-Quarters. 

By  Order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaleh. 

J.  HENRY  LIEBENAU, 
Col.  Brevet  Brigadier  General,  Inspector  &  Acting  Chief  of  Staff- 
Officiai,; 


and  A.  1).  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION.   N.  G.  S.   N.   Y. 

Nkw  York,  January  11th,  1872. 
Circular  No.  1. 

The  accompanying  circular,  setting  forth  the  "  objects  of  the  National  Rifle 
Association,"  has  been  furnished  for  distribution  among  the  National  Guard  of 
this  City.  The  Division  Commander  respectfully  invites  all  the  officers  of  this 
command  to  interest  themselves  in  the  success  of  this  enterprise,  believing  that 
connection  with  it  is  the  most  certain  way  of  acquiring  a  proficiency  in  aiming 
and  firing,  which  is  of  primary  importance  to  all  members  of  military  organi- 
xations.  The  members  of  the  National  Guard  should  be  its  first  and  most  able 
supporters,  as  they  will  be  especially  benefitted  by  its  success.  It  is  hoped  that 
all  will  endorse  the  enterprise  of  the  founders  of  the  association  by  becoming 
members,  and  an  assurance  is  felt  that  a  new  interest  in  the  welfare  of  the 
National  Guard  will  be  taken,  when,  to  perfection  in  organization  and  drill, 
can   be  added  proficiency  in  marksmanship. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Sh.\ler, 

WM.   H.   CHESEBROUGH, 

Colonel,   A.  A.  G.,  ami  Chief  of  Staff. 

Official : 


Captain  and  -•/.   D.    C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  March  1st,  1872. 
Circular  No.  2. 

At  the  request  of  Major-General  Joseph  Hooker  and  the  Committee  appoint- 
ed to  receive  subscriptions  in  New  York  City  to  the  fund  for  a  Monument  to 
Major-General  George  H.  Thomas,  the  Division  Commander  takes  this  method 
of  inviting  the  Officers  and  members  of  the  First  Division  to  contribute  to  this 
worthy  object. 

The  accompanying  circular  sets  forth  the  steps  already  taken  by  the  Officers 
of  the  Volunteer  Army  most  intimately  connected  with  General  Thomas  during 
the  war,  and  of  the  action  had  by  the  Officers  and  ex-Officers  of  the  army  resid- 
ing in  the  city  in  progressing  this  laudable  undertaking. 

In  extending  this  invitation  to  unite  in  commemorating  the  services  of  this 
great  and  good  man,  it  is  not  deemed  necessary  to  recount  his  acts  or  extol  his 
virtues. 

Let  historians  with  their  ablest  pens  illumine  our  country's  history,  and  fur- 
nish the  future  student  with  examples  of  patriotic  devotion  by  recording  his 
military  services  ;  but  let  us  with  enduring  metals  erect  a  token  of  love,  and 
furnish  the  present  as  well  as  future  generations  with  an  assurance  that  "the 
good  which  men  do  lives  after  them." 

To  give  an  opportunity  to  all  to  make  a  contribution,  however  small,  a  sub- 
scription paper  is  furnished  to  each  company,  with  the  request  that  the  com- 
manding officers  will  submit  the  same  with  this  and  the  accompanying  circular 
at  the  first  business  meeting  after  their  receipt  and  post  them  on  the  bulletin  for 
the  benefit  of  members  then  absent ;  that  the  company  commander  will  collect 
the  amounts  subscribed  in  their  respective  companies  and  make  returns  of  the 
same  to  the  regimental  commander,  who  in  turn  will  forward  the  amounts  as 
received,  together  with  the  sums  subscribed  by  the  Field  and  Staff  Officers  and 
Non-Commissioned  Staff,  to  these  Head-quarters.  In  making  the  returns,  com- 
manding officers  will  be  careful  to  state  whether  they  desire  the  subscription  to 
be  announced  as  that  of  individuals,  or  of  a  company,  regiment  or  other  organi- 
zation. Brigade  Commanders  are  invited  to  assist  in  forwarding  the  objects  of 
this  circular,  by  any  additional  means  that  seems  to  them  proper,  and  are 
authorized  to  receive  subscriptions  from  any  and  all  sources. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler, 

WM.   H.  CHESEBROUGH, 

Colonel,  Ass' t  Adj-Geiil  ami  Chief  of  S/aff. 
Official  : 


Captain  and  .1.   D.    C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  May  1st,  1872. 

Circular  No.  3. 

As  ignorance  of  the  law  and  military  custom  cannot  be  justly  pleaded 
as  an  excuse  for  negligence  of  duty,  and  as  officers  have  testified  before 
Courts-Martial  that  they  had  no  knowledge  whatever  of  the  provisions 
and  directions  contained  in  certain  important  orders,  the  Major  General 
Commanding  deems  it  necessary  to  direct  the  future  distribution  of  Gene- 
ral Orders  and  Circulars  as  follows :  ordinarily  there  are  received  at  these 
Head-Quarters,  75  copies  of  General  Orders  and  Circulars,  from  General 
Head-Quarters,  of  which  20  copies  will  be  sent  to  each  Brigade 
Head-Quarters.  Three  copies  are  intended  for  each  regiment,  and  the 
balance  for  filing  at  Brigade  Head-Quarters,  and  it  is  hereby  made  the 
duty  of  Brigade  Commanders  to  see  that  they  are  so  distributed.  Every 
order  received  will  be  read  to  each  regiment  on  the  first  regimental  or 
batalliou  parade  or  drill  succeeding  the  receipt  of  the  order.  Forty 
copies  of  General  Orders  and  Circulars  from  these  Head-Quarters,  will  be 
sent  to  each  Brigade,  of  which,  five  copies  will  be  sent  to  each  Regimental 
Head-Quarters.  When  Orders  or  Circulars  of  general  interest,  needed  by 
every  officer  lor  reference,  are  issued,  a  sufficient  number,  to  furnish  every 
officer  with  a  copy,  will  be  sent  to  Brigade  Head-Quarters.  Com- 
mandants of  Brigades  and  Separate  Troops,  Companies  and  Batteries, 
will  be  requiied  to  sign  receipts,  specifying  the  number  of  copies  of  every 
General  and  Special  Order  and  Circular  delivered  to  them,  and  the  Divi- 
sion Commander  hopes  that  every  officer  in  the  Division  will  make  him- 
self acquainted  with  the  contents  of  every  order  and  circular  issued  to  the 
command. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexandkh  Shalek. 

WM.  H.  CHESEBROUGH, 

Colonel  A.  A.  G.  &  Chief  of  StaflF. 
Official  ; 


Captain  and  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  8.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  May  6th,  1872. 

Circular  No.  4. 

The  following  instructions  are  published  for  tlie  guidance  of  the  troops 
on  the  occasion  of  the  parade  for  review  ordered  for  the  30th  inst. 

The  intervals  between  regiments  in  line  will  be  reduced  to  ten  paces. 
The  front  rank  will  be  placed  at  four  paces  irom  the  curb.  When  ranks 
are  opened  company  officers  will  remain  two  paces  in  Iront  of  their  com- 
panies, colors  will  "advance  two  paces,  and  field  officers  take  post  four 
paces,  in  front  of  their  regiments.  Brigade  commanders  and  their  staffs 
will  take  post  ten  paces  from  the  right  ol  their  brigades,  the  general  officers 
on  a  line  with  field  officers  of  legiments,  and  brigade  staffs  on  a  line  with 
company  officers,  the  brigade  colors  and  orderlies  in  their  rear. 

Each  batterj'-  will  be  formed  in  column  of  pieces,  right  in  front,  as 
close  as  possible  to  the  curb,  with  the  cannoneers  in  line  on  tlie  left  flank, 
and  officers  of  mounted  batteries  mounted  on  the  right  of  their  respective 
commands.     The  drivers  of  mounted  batteries  will  remain  mounted. 

The  Commander-in-Chief  will  be  received  by  the  Division  Commander 
at  the  right  of  the  line,  at  3  o'clock  P.  M.,  and  the  review  will  commence. 
As  the  reviewing  personage  approaches,  he  will  be  saluted  by  the  brigade 
commanders,  and  by  the  regiments  in  succession  at  the  commands  of  their 
colonels,  in  time  to  resume  the  carry  before  their  bands  begin  to  play. 
The  bands  will  play  while  the  reviewing  personage  is  passing  in  front  of 
their  respective  regiments.  Tlie  reviewing  personage  will  pass  along  the 
front  of  the  line  to  the  left  of  the  Second  Division,  and  from  thence  direct 
to  the  point  of  review. 

In  passing  in  review,  regimental  commanders  will  cau.se  at  least  three 
additional  drummers,  or  trumpetei"s,  to  wheel  out  of  the  column  with 
their  bauds,  to  beat  the  march,  or  sound  the  flourishes  for  the  Commander- 
in-Chief. 

In  order  that  the  troops  may  have  every  facility  for  proceeding  without 
obstruction  in  their  march  after  passing  in  review,  brigade  commanders 
will  so  far  as  practicable,  place  their  regiments  in  line  at  the  formation, 
without  regard  to  numerical  position,  so  that  regiments  having  armories 
West  of  South  Fifth  Avenue  may  turn  to  the  right  on  reaching  Fourth 
Street,  and  those  whose  armories  are  situated  East  of  South  Fifth  Avenue 
may  turn  to  the  lelt,  alternately. 

The  Division  Staff  will  assemble,  mounted  and  in  full  uniform,  at  No. 
9  Wes»  13th  Street,  at  9  o'clock  A.  M. 

By  order  of  Mijor-General  Alexander  Shalek. 

WM.  H.  CHESEBROUGH, 

Colonel  A.  A.  G.  &  Chief  of  Staff. 

OKKrCIAL  ; 


Captain  and  A.  D.  C. 


HEADQUARTERS  FIRS  I'  J)IVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  May  15t.h,  1872. 
GirctUdr  No.  5. 

It  being  the  desire  of  the  Major  General  Commanding  the  Division  not 
to  seriously  interfere  with  or  obstruct  travel  across  the  streets  and  avenues, 
designated  as  the  parade  ground  for  the  occasion  of  the  review  ordered 
for  the  ;}Oth  inst.,  he  directs  that,  during  the  time  the  troops  remain  in 
line,  a  staff  officer  be  kept  in  front  of  each  brigade,  who  will  allow,  when 
imperatively  necessary,  the  passage  of  vehicles  across  the  line.  The 
police  will  be  instructed  to  act  in  concert  with,  and  in  support  of  the 
directions  of  such  staff  officers. 

After  the  reviewing  i>ersonage  has  passed  each  battery  of  artillery,  it 
will  be  formed  in  column  of  sections  and  closed  up  to  proper  distance. 
The  infantry  and  cavalry  will  also  break  into  column,  after  the  reviewing 
personage  has  passed,  and  close  up  the  intervals  formed  by  the  movements 
of  the  artillery. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Ai>exander  Shalbr.  I 

WM.  H.  CHESP^BROUGH, 

Colonel  A.  A.  G.  &  Chief  of  Staff, 
Officiai,  ;  i 


and  A.  I),  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  Yokk,  Oct.  5,  1872. 

CiRCULAK,  I 

No.  (}.  j 

A  list  of  Rosters,  Reports,  Returns,  etc.,  required  under  the  Military 
Code,  General  Regulations,  and  existing  orders,  was  published  in  Circular 
No.  7,  series  1870,  from  these  Head  Quarters,  with  a  view  of  aiding  inex- 
perienced officers,  and  of  securing  a  prompt  and  efficient  discharge  of  this 
part  of  the  duties  of  Commanding  Officers.  It  is  noticed  with  regret  that 
the  latter  result  has  not  been  attained.  There  seems  to  be  a  disposition 
on  the  part  of  many  officers  to  delay  preparing  their  Reports  and  Returns 
until  the  same  are  ikie  at  the  Head  Quarters  above,  and  such  papers,  pre- 
pared in  a  hurry,  have  frequently  to  be  returned  tor  correction,  causing 
still  further  delay,  and  preventing  in  many  instances  the  Head  Quarters 
above  from  making  up  and  forwarding  their  Returns  and  Reports  within 
the  required  time. 

Inaccuracy  is  hardly  less  reprehensible  than  neglect.  An  incorrect 
Report  forwarded  by  a  company  commander  delays  not  only  the  Regi- 
mental Report,  but  the  Reports  of  the  Brigade  and  the  whole  Division. 
When  an  Adjutant  does  not  commence  examining  the  Company  Reports 
until  the  Brigade  Reports  are  due  at  these  He  id  Qaarl;ers,  discovers  errors 
which  require  them  to  be  returned  to  the  Company,  and  tinaily  makes  an 
incorrect  Report  to  Brigade  Head  Quarters,  it  is  manifest  that  the  Brigade 
and  Division  Reports  are  delayed  m  an  increased  ratio.  The  mere  for- 
warding of  a  Report  or  Return  does  not  necessarily  comply  with  existing 
rciiuirements — correctness  and  accuracy  are  equally  indispensible  with 
promptness. 

The  attention  of  all  Commanding  Officers  is  directed  to  this  subject 
with  the  hope  that,  hereafter,  more  promptness  and  correctness  will  be 
observed  in  the  rendition  of  Returns,  Reports,  etc. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

J.  HENRY  LIEBENAU, 

Col.  Brevet-Brigadier  General,  Inspector  &  Acting  Chief  of  Staff' 
Okftcial; 


an<l  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  January  1st,  1873. 

General  Orders,  / 
No.   1.  f 

I.  The  following  promotions  and  appointments  upon  tlic  staff  of  the 
Division  Commander  are  lierel)y  announced: 

Major  Carl  Jussen,  A.  D.  C,  to  be  Quarter  Master  with  the  ranlv 

of  Lieutenant-Colonel  from  date, 
('aptain  John  D.  Probst,  A.  D.  C,  to   be  Aide-de-Camp  witii  the 

rank  of  Major  from  date,  vice  Fah'grieve  resigned. 
Henry  Hills  Parker  to  be  Aide-de-Camp  with  the  rank  of  Captain 

from  date,  vice  Probst  promoted. 

II.  Colonel  Josiah  Porter  commanding  23d  Regiment,  is  hereby 
detailed  as  Acting  Chief  of  Artillery.  He  will  retain  command  of  his 
regiment  and  report  to  these  Head-Quarters  on  or  before  the  9th  inst. 

III.  Lieutenant-Colonel  Jussen  will,  until  further  orders,  continue  to 
act  as  Aide-de-('amp  and  i)erform  the  duties  of  Acting  Assistant  Adju- 
tant General. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

J.  HENRY  LIEBENAU, 
Col.  Bv't  Brig.  Gen'l,  Division  Inspector  and  Acting  Chief  of  Staff. 


Okkiciai 


i4?:<Z.ifc/^^ 


Major  and  Aide-de-Camp. 


HEAD- QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISLON",    N'.   G.  8.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  March  10th,  1873. 
General  Orders,  No.  2. 

Pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  Section  236  of  the  Militar}-  Code,    a 
Court  Martial  is  hereby  ordered  to  pass  upon  the  delinquencies  of  Officers 
"absent  from  any  parade,  encampment,  drill,  or  meeting  for  instruction," 
during  the  year  1873,  held  pursuant  to  Division  Orders. 
Detail  for  tub  Court: 

Brigadier  General  Augustus  Funk,  2d  Brigade. 

Colonel  Emmons  Clark,  7th  Regiment  Infantry. 

Lieutenant  Colonel  Henry  A.  Gildersleeve,  12th  Regiment  Infantry. 

The  Court  will  assemble  at  the  Armory  of  the  11th  Regiment 
Infantry,  corner  of  Delancey  and  Chrj-stie  Streets,  on  Wednesdays, 
April  28d  next,  at  8  o'clock,  P.  M. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alkx.\nder  Shaler. 

J.  HENRY  LIEBENAU, 
Col.  Bv't  Brig.  Gen'l,  Division  Inspector  and  Acting  Chief  of  StcfT. 

Official; 


Aidc-de-Camp. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  April  2d,  1873. 
General  Orders,  No.  3. 

I.  At  the  General  Court  Martial  which  convened  at  the  Armoiy  of 
the  Seventy-first  Regiment  pursuant  to  General  Orders  No.  11  series  of 
1872  from  these  Head-Quarters,  and  of  which  Colonel  Richard  Vose, 
Seventy-first  Regiment,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  is  President,  was  arraigned  and 
tried  Second  Lieutenant  Charles  Rost,  Battery  "B,"  First  Division  N. 
G.  S.  N.  Y.,  on  the  following  charge  and  specification: 

Charge  :     Dninkeness  on  Duty. 

Specification:  In  this  that  he,  the  said  Second  Lieutenant  Cliarles 
Rost,  Battery  ''B,"  First  Division,  National  Guard  State  of  New  York, 
was  grossly  intoxicated  while  in  uniform  and  on  parade,  at  an  inspection 
and  review  of  the  battery  to  which  he  belongs,  to  such  an  extent  as  to 
be  unfit  ff)r  duty,  and  to  bring  disgrace  upon  the  officers  and  members 
of  his  batteiy  and  the  National  Guard. 

This  at  Prospect  Park  Parade  Ground,  Long  Island,  on  the  twenty- 
fifth  day  of  September,  1872. 

To  which  the  accused  pleaded  as  follows: 
"Not  guilty" — to  the  specification. 
"  Not  guilt}'  "—to  the  charge. 

Findings   of   the  Court. 

The  Court  having  maturely  weiglied  and  considered  the  evidence  in 
support  of  the  charges  against  the  accused — Second  Lieutenant  Chai-les 
Rost  of  Battery  "B,"  First  Division  National  Guard,  State  of  New  York 
— and  also  his  Defence,  and  the  evidence  adduced  in  support  of  it  is  of 
opinion  and  finds  that  tlie  said  accused  is 

Guilty  of  tlie  Specification  and 

(iiiilty  of  tlie  Ciiarge. 

Sentence. 

And  tlie  Court  does  therefore  soutence  the  accused,  said  Second 
Lieutenant  Charles  R(ist  of  Battery  ''B,"  First  Division  National  Guard, 
State  of  New  York,  "To  be  Cash[eki-:d.  " 

II.  The  offence  of  which  the  accusid  has  been  found  guilty,  was 
committed  while  w^earing  his  uniform,  ui)on  the  field,  in  open  day,  and 
in  the  presence  of  a  large  concourse  of  spectators.  Tlie  scene  thus  pre- 
sented was  a  most  disgraceful  one,  and  should  not  be  allowed  to  pass 
without  the  .severest  condemnation  known  to  the  service 

III.  Eleven  witne.sses  were  called  to  establish  the  guilt  of  the 
accu.sed.  As  their  testimony  tended  to  but  one  point,  the  attendance  of 
at  least  six  of  them  should  have  been  dispensed  with. 

IV.  Tlie  proceedings  in  the  foregoing  case  are  approved,  and  the 
sentence  is  hereby  confirmed. 

V.  The  General  Court  Martial  of  which  Colonel  Richard  Vose  is 
l^resident,  is  dissolved. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Ai>exandei{  Siiai.er. 


J.  HENRY  LIEBENAU, 
Col.  Bv't  Brig.  Gen'l,  Division  Inspector  and  Acting  Chief  of  Stf  C". 

Official; 


Aide-de-Camp. 


HEAD-QUAK'l'JjJKb  i^'lKM  UiVi&iT7i>f;  jrn?.  o.  xn.  i.    

New  York,  May  19th,  1873 
General  Orders,  No.  4. 

I.  This  command  will  parade  for  review  by  His  Excellency 
Governor  John  A  Dix,  Commander  in  Chief  on  the  28th  inst. 

II.  The  troops  will  be  formed  in  close  column  of  companies,  right 
in  front,  the  head  of  the  column  resting  on  Fifth  Avenue,  as  follows: 

The  Second  Brigade  on  West  Ninth  Street. 
Battery  "  B"  on  East  Ninth  Street. 
The  Third  Brigade  on  West  Tenth  Street. 
Batteries  "C""and  "G"  on  East  Tenth  Street. 
The  First  Brigade  on  West  Eleventh  Street. 
Battery  "K"  on  East  Eleventh  Street, 

III.  For  this  occasion  the  Artillery  is  hereby  assigned  and  will 
report  as  follows: 

Battery  "B"  to  the  Second  Brigade. 

Batteries  "  C"  and  "  G  "  to  the  Third  Brigade. 

Battery  "  K  "  to  the  First  Brigade, 
and  they  will  be  formed  under  the  sui)ervision  of  the  Acting  Chief  of 
Artillery. 

IV.  The  Separate  Troop  Cavalry  will  report  at  Nos.  7,  9  &  11  West 
Thirteenth  Street  at  four  o'clock  P.  M. 

V.  Brigade  Commanders  will  rei)ort  to  the  Chief  of  Staff  at  the 
Thirteenth  Street  Rendezvous  as  soon  as  their  commands  are  formed. 

VI.  The  column  will  march  at  half  past  four  o'clock  P.  M.,  the 
Separate  Troop  Cavalry  leading,  the  Brigade  oi-ganizations  in  open 
column  of  companies,  following  in  the  order  named,  parading  the 
Artillery  assigned  to  each  in  rear  of  the  Infantrj-  and  the  Cavalry  in 
rear  of  the  Artillery. 

VII.  The  line  of  march  will  be  up  Fifth  Avenue  to  and  through 
Fourteenth  Street,  to  the  point  of  review  which  will  be  established  on 
the  Plaza  at  the  northei-n  end  of  Union  Square. 

VIII.  To  avoid  unnecessary  interference  with  the  lines  of  travel, 
the  following  line  of  marcli  will  as  nearly  as  possible  be  observed  after 
passing  in  rtn'iew :  Organizations  whose  armories  are  located  on  and 
above  Fourteenth  Street  and  west  of  Fifth  .V venue  will  continue  through 
Seventeenth  Street  to  and  through  Irving  Place  nortliward;  all  others 
will  continue  through  Seventeenth  Street  to  and  through  Third  Avenue 
to  their  several  armories. 

IX.  Attention  is  called  to  Form  I.,  Article  Second,  Appendix  II., 
I'jiton's  Tacti(;s,  which  will  be  observe'!  s(j  far  as  applicable. 

X.  The  Division  Staff  will  assemble  at  the  "lleudezvous"  at  two 
()'clo('k  P.  M.  on  the  '2Sth  inst.  mounted  and  in  full  uniform. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Ai.exandeij  Su.\leu 

J.  HENRY  LIEBENAU, 
Col.  Bv't  Brig.  Gen'l,  Division  Inspector  and  Acting  Chief  of  Staff 

Official; 


A.  1).  C. 


HEADQUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  Yokk,  May  22ncl,  1873. 
(tENEral  Ordeus,  No.  5. 

The  parade  for  review  by  Hi.>s  Excellency  Governor  John  A.  Dix, 

Conimander-in-Cliief,  ordered   l>y  General  Orders,  No.  4,  c.  s.,  from 
these  Head-Quarter.s,  will  take  place  on  Tuesday,  June  3d,  1873. 

By  order  of  Major-(jeneral  Alexander  Shaler 

J.  HENRY  LIEBENAU, 
Col.  Bv't  Brig,  (^en'l,  ]3ivision  Inspector  and  Acting  Chief  of  Staff 

Opficiai.; 


A.  D.  C 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  June  25th,  1873. 
General  Orders,  No.  6.     , 

I.  This  Division  will  parade  in  celebration  of  the  ninety-seventh 
anniversarj'  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence  of  the  United  States, 
and  for  review  b}^  His  Honor  the  Mayor  of  this  Cit}^  on  July  4th  next. 

II.  The  Troops  will  be-  formed  in  close  column  of  companies, 
right  in  front,  the  head  of  each  column  resting  on  Madison  Avenue,  as 
follows: 

The  Third  Brigade  on  East  Twenty-fourth  and  East  Twenty-fifth 
Street. 

The  Second  Brigade  on  Twenty-sixth  Street  east  and  west  of  Ma- 
dison Avenue. 

The  First  Brigade  on  Twenty-seventh  Street  east  and  w^est  of  Ma- 
dison Avenue. 

III.  The  Artillery  will  report  as  follows: 
Batteries  "C"  and  "G"  to  the  Third  Brigade. 
Battery  "B"  to  the  Second  Brigade. 

Battery  "K"  to  the  First  Brigade,  and  will  be  formed  under 
the  direction  of  the  Acting  Chief  of  Artillery. 

IV.  The  Separate  Troop  Cavalry  will  report  at  the  "Rendezvous'' 
Nos.  7,  9  and  11  W.  i:3th  Street  at  half-past  seven  o'clock  a.  m. 

V.  Brigade  Commanders  will  report  to  the  Chief  of  Staff  at  the 
corner  of  Madison  Avenue  and  Twenty-sixth  Street,  as  soon  as  their 
commands  are  formed  and  the  column  will  be  in  readiness  to  march  at 
eight  o'clock  a.  m. 

VI.  The  Division  Staff  will  assemble  at  the  "Rendezvous"  at 
seven  o'clock  .\.  m.  mounted  and  in  full  uniform. 

VII.  The  line  of  march  and  point  of  review  will  be  hereafter 
announced. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler 


J.  HENRY  LIEBENAU, 
Col.  Bv't  Brig.  Gen'l,  Division  Inspector  and  Acting  Chief  of  StalT 


Okficl\l 


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HEAD  QUARTKHS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  Yohk,  July  1st,  1873 
General  Orders,  No.  7. 

I.  The  line  of  niiircli  on  llie  4tli  inst.  will  tic  ui>  .Madison  Avenue 
to,  and  tlirough.  Forty-second  Stfe(?t  1o,  and  down.  Fit'tli  Avenue  to,  and 
through  Sixteenlli  Street  to  the  point  of  review  which  will  he  established 
on  the  Plaza  at  the  nortiiern  end  of  Union  S(|uare. 

II.  The  commanding  Officer  of  Battery  "  I^> "'  will  cause  a  national 
salute  to  be  tired  on  tlie  battery  at  meridian. 

III.  The  instructions  contained  in  Cinidar  Xo.  2,  series  of  1871, 
will  be  observed  on  this  occasion. 

By  order  of  Mjijor-(4eneral  Alexander  Sii.\i.er 

J.  HENRY  LIEBENAU, 
Col.  Bv't  Brig.  Gen).  Division  Inspector  and  xVcting  Chief  of  Staff 

Ofkiciai,; 


A.  D.  C 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  Yoi;k,  Jul}'  ^oth,  I8T0. 

Genkual  Orders,  No.  8. 

T.  The  prooeedings,  timlinu's  and  sentences  of  the  Court  Martial, 
convened  pursuant  to  General  Orders  No.  2,  c.s.,  "to  pass  upon  tlie  de- 
"  linciueucies  of  officers  absent  from  an\'  parade,  encampment  or  meet- 
•■  ing-  for  instruction  during  the  year  1872,"  do  not  in  all  cases  meet  the 
approval  of  the  Major  General  Commanding. 

II.  Twenty-seven  officers  were  e\cused  on  the  ground  of  sickness, 
without  the  i)resentation  of  surgeon's  certificates.  The  CJourt  seems  to 
have  forgotten  the  rule  laid  down  in  Gericral  Orders  No.  o,  series  of 
1872,  which  reads:  "In  every  case  wliere  sickness  is  offered  as  a  plea 
".for  non-performance  of  duty,  courts  for  trial  of  delinquent  olRcers 
"'should  require  a  surgeon's  certificate."  The  proceedings  and  findings 
in  the  following  named  cases,  all  of  the  cla.ss  referred  to,  are  disap- 
jiroved: 

Brigadier-General  Augustus  Funk,  2nd  l^rigade, 

Colonel  John  J.  Shaw,  7i)th  Infantry, 

Colonel  Andrew  Stauf,  DOtli  Infantry, 

Colonel  John  H.  Budke,  ;^rd  Cavalry, 

Colonel  George  D.  Scott,  8th  Infantry, 

I  ieutenant-Colonel  F.  Unhekannt,  11th  Infantry, 

Lieutenant-Colonel  J.  R.  Hitchcock,  0th  Infaniry. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  F.  W.  Schmale,  3rd  Cavalry, 

Major  S.  V.  R.  Cruger,  l2th  Infantry. 

Major  W.  C.  Dickel,  2nd  Brigade  staff, 

Captain  J.  F.  Leslie,  8th  Infaniry, 

Captain  Thomas  Tate,  Jr.,  22nd  Infantry, 

Captain  Henry  Rommel,  11th  Infantry, 

Captain  John  \V.  Ilaaren,  3rd  Cavalry, 

Captain  Jacob  Aberle,  .wth  Infantry, 

Adjutant  E.  S.  Allien,  !)th  Infantry, 

First  Lieutenant  A.  L.  Whitelaw,  8th  Infantry, 

First  Lieutenant  Charles  H.  Raynor,  6th  Infantry, 

First  Lieutenant  Claus  H(jups,  Hd  Cavalry, 

First  Lieutenant  Adam  ^luller,  8d  Cavalry, 

First  Lieutenant  S.  Schweckendick,  'Ad  Cavalry, 

Assistant  Surgeon  F.  B.  Ward,  7th  Infantry, 

Second  Lieutenant  Edward  A.  1"aylor,  22d  Infantry, 

Second  Lieutenant  Win.  H.  Beckwith,  22d  Infantry, 

Second  Lieutenant  Kmilc  Cardozc,  71st  Infantry, 

Second  Lieutenant  Joseph  E.  Popper,  .J5th  Infantry, 

Second  Lieutenant  Valentine  Schreiner,  35th  Infantrv, 

III.  A  number  of  officers  were  excused  on  account  of  leaves  of  ab- 
sence, but  the  record  does  not  .show  as  it  should,  by  what  authority  the 
leaves  of  absence  were  issued,  nor  even  that  they  were  presented  to  the 
Court 

IV.  In  a  few  cases  officers  were  excused  upon  the  statement  that 
they  were  not  delinquent.  Such  statements  should  have  been  sustained 
I  y  "proofs,  and  the  record  should  show  the  character  of  the  proofs. 

V.  In  the  cases  of  Colonel  Richard  Vose,  71st  Regiment;  Colonel 
Emmons  Clark,  7th  Infantr}';  Captain  Maurice  Schnabel,  Gth  [Infantrj'; 
and  (Quarter-Master  Charles  Birch,  84th  Infantry,  the  proceedings  are 
disapproved  on  the  ground  of  insufficiency  of  excuse. 

VT.  It  is  believed  that  the  fines  imi)osed  are  greater  than  the  in- 
terests of  the  service  require  in  some  cases,  and  they  are  therefore 
modified  as  follows  : 

Colonel  and  Bv't  Brig,  (ien'l  J.  Henry  Ijiebenau,  1st  Division  Staff, 
for  absence  from  review,  Sept.  11,  and"  meeting  for  instruction,  Nov. 
12,  from  125  to  $15. 

Colonel  IL  S.  Kearney,  1st  Division  Staff,  for  absence  from  par- 
aile  July  4,  and  Oct.  lu";  review  Sept.  11,  and  meeting  for  instmc- 
tion  i^ov.   12,  from  if 55  to  .f;55. 

Colonel  Charles  .McMillan,  1st  Division  Staff,  for  absence  from 
parade  (^ct.  10,  anl  m^'eting  for  instruction  Nov.  12,  from  $25  to  $15. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Frank  VVrislcy,  1st  Division  Staff,  for  absence 
from  meeting  for  inslruction  Nov.  12,  from  $10  to  $5. 


Lieutenant-Colonel  Carl  Jussen,  1st  Division  Staff,  for  absence 
from  reviews  Sept.  11  and  25,  and  meeting  for  iusti  notion  Nov.  12, 
from  $40  to  ^25. 

^lajor  August  F.  Freeh,  2d  Brigade  Staff,  for  absence  from  par- 
ade Uct.  10," from  ^lo  to  $10. 

First  Lieutenant  J.  B.  JNIorss,  Com.  of  Sub.  12th  Infantry,  for 
absence  from  parades  July  4  and  Oct.  10,  from  $80  to  $20. 

Colonel  Josiah  Porter,  22d  Infantry,  for  absence  from  meeting 
for  in -traction  JNov.  12,  from  $10  to  $5. 

First  Lieutenant  E.  A.  Heath,  Com.  of  Sub.  22d  Infantry,  for 
absence  from  parades  July  4  and  Oct.  10,  from  $30  to  $20. 

Captain  R.  K.  styles;  22d  Infantry,  for  absence  from  parade 
July  4,  from  $10  to  !^5. 

CJuarter-Master  John  Stacom,  OOtli  Infantr}^  for  absence  from 
pai-iides  July  4  and  Oct.  10,  from  $:}0  to  $20. 

Captain  M.  Brennan,  COth  Infantry,  for  absence  from  parade 
July  4,  from  $10  to  $'>. 

Capiain  Daniel  U.  Leddy,  69lh  Infantry-,  for  absence  from  par- 
ade .July  4,  from  $10  to  $5." 

First  Lieutenant  Daniel  Draddy,  (>!ith  Infantry,  for  absence 
from  parade  July  4,  from  $10  to  $"). 

Surijeon  James  Norva],  79(11  Infantr}",  for  absence  from  parades 
July  4  and  Oct  10,  from  $80  to  $20. 

ilajor  George  W.  Saner,  8(1  Cavalry,  for  absence  from  meeting 
for  insiructiou  Nov.  12,  from  $10  to  $"). 

Captain  John  C.  Offinger,  Gth  Infantry,  for  absence  from  par- 
ades July  4  and  Oct.  10,  from  $2  )  to  $10. 

Assistant  Surgeon  CHaience  Satterlee,  84th  Infantry-,  for  ab- 
sence from  parades  July  4  and  Oct.  10,  from  $80  to  $20. 

Second  Lieutenant  David  H.  Brownlee,  H4th  Infantr}^  for  ab- 
.sence  from  parade  Julj'  4,  fro:n  $10  to  $•"). 

First  Lieutenant  Cuno^  iMoorhotf,  11th  Infantry,  for  absence 
from  parade  Oct.  10,  from  $10  to  $0. 

First  Lieutenant  Charles  Ivinkel,  1  Itli  Infantry,  for  absence  from 
parade  Jul}'  4,  from  $10  to  $o. 

Second  Lieutenant  Benjamin  Parr,  7th  Infantry,  for  absence 
from  parade  Oct.  10,  from  $10  to  $.'5. 

Second  Lieutenant  D.  Ferry,  Jr.,  7th  Infantry,  for  absence  from 
parade  Oct.  10,  from  $10  to  $0. 

Major  John  F.  Appleton,  8th  Infantry,  for  absence  from  meet- 
ing for  instruction  Nov.  12,  from  $10  to  $.~). 

Lngineer  George  L.  Fo.\,  8tli  Infantry,  for  absence  from  par- 
ade July  4,  from  ^1.)  to  .plO. 

Captaui  Daniel  D.  Wylie,  Washington  Grej^  Troop,  for  absence 
from  parade  Jul}'  4,  from  $15  to  $10." 

VII.  In  the  case  of  (^ol.  Frank  W.  Sterry,  Gth  Infantry,  the  record 
is  unnecessaril}'  encundjered  with  his  plea  in  bar.  Colonel  Steny  origi- 
nally pleaded  that  on  the  face  of  the  return  it  appeared  "  thathe  was 
"  absent  on  leave  at  the  time  charged."  Pending  the  consideration  of 
this  plea  he  presented  a  i)lea  in  bar;  after  liaving  already  pleaded  to  the 
merits  of  the  case  the  accused  had  no  right  to  interpose  a  plea  in  bar. 
The  Court  excused  Colonel  sterry  for  reasons  outside  of  the  plea  in  bar, 
and  therefore  such  plea  was  improperly  made  a  part  of  the  record. 

VI II.  The  proceedings  and  findings  in  all  cases  not  herein  referred 
to  and  disapproved,  are  coutirjned. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexandeu  Siialeu 

J.  HENRY  LIEBENAU, 
Col.  Bv't  Brig.  Gen'l,  Division  Inspector  and  Acting  Chief  of  Staff 

Okkici.\l; 


A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  Aug.  8th,  1873. 
Gexehal  Orders  No.  9. 

I.  In  conformity  with  General  Orders,  Xo.  20,  c.  s.,  from  General 
Head-Quarters,  the  First  Kegiment  Infanlr}'  will  be  immediately  mus- 
tered out  of  the  service,  and  the  provisions  of  General  Order,  No.  14, 
series  of  18G8,  from  General  Head-Quarters,  will  be  observed  so  far  as 
applicable. 

II.  The  Commanding  OfBcer  of  the  Third  Brigade  will  cause  the 
regiment  referred  to,  to  be  assembled  for  muster  out  as  soon  as  practica- 
ble and  will  designate  the  mustering  officer 

III.  Upon  the  completion  of  the  disbandment,  the  Brigade  Com- 
mander will  report  that  fact  to  these  Head-Quarters. 

IV.  The  attention  of  the  Commissioned  Officers  rendered  supernu- 
mary  hereby  is  directed  to  Sec.  24,  M.  C. 

By  order  of  Major-General  At,ex.\ndek  Siiai.eu  i 

J.   HENRY  LIEBENAU, 
Col.  Bv't  Brig.  Gen'l,  Division  Inspector  and  Acting  Chief  of  IftafE] 

OfficiaIj;  1 


A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  Aug.  28tli    1873 
General  Okdeks  No.  10. 

I.  In  obedience  to  the  fcjilowing  orders  from  Genenil  Head-Quar- 
ters, General  Grders  No.  IJ,  c.  s.,  from  these  Head-Quarters,  are  hereby 
countermanded  : 

GENERAL  HEAD-QUARTERS,  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK. 
Adjutant  Genekai.'s  Office, 

ALB.\Ny,  Aug.  2Gtli,  1873. 
Genekal  Okoebs  No.  23. 

I.  So  much  of  General  Orders  No.  30,  current  series,  as  pro- 
vides for  the  disbandmentof  the  1st  Regiment  of  Infantry,  National 
Guard,  is  hereby  rescinded. 

II.  The  1st.  Regiment  Infantry  is  hereby  reduced  to  a  Bat- 
talion of  six  companies.  Companies  "D"  and  "E  '  of  said  Reg- 
iment are  hereby  consolidated,  and  will  be  liereafter  known  and 
designated  as  Company  "  E." 

Company  "F"  will  be  consolidated  with  Company  "B"  to  be 
hereafter  known  and  designated  as  Company  "B.' 

First  Lieutenant  J.  O'Nkil  will  be  retained  in  service  as  First 
Lieutenant  of  Company  "  B."  Second  Lieutenant  O.  II.  Kraft  will 
remain  in  service  as  Second  Lieutenant  of  Company  "B." 

First  Lientenant  P.  IVIcShane,  will  be  retained  in  service  as 
Fir.st  Lieutenant  of  Company  "  E." 

The  remaining  officers  of  the  companies  liereby  consolidated, 
are  rendered  supernumerary. 

By  order  of  the  Commander-in-Chief, 

JOHN  F.  RATH  BONE, 

Adjutant-General. 

II.  The  Commanding  Officer  of  the  1st.  Regiment  will  proceed 
with  the  consolidation  above  ordered,  at  once,  and  upon  its  completion, 
will  report  tiiat  fact  to  these  Head-Quarters  in  writing. 

By  order  of  Major-Gencral  Ale.xandkk  Siiai.kii 

J.  HENRY  LIEBENAU, 

Col.  Bv't  Brig.  Gen'I,  Division  Inspector  and  Acting  Chief  of  Staff 

Okfici.vt,; 


A.  D.  C. 


^■^■li^ru  iv-ur:  v;::rr:rA'K:-(i/ 


.'>»■ 


HEAn-(iUAirrEKSFIH8T  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  Youk,  Jan.  :5,  1873. 

Vircular,  No.  1. 

lu  order  that  the  greatest  facilities  for  improvement  in  horsemanship 
may  be  enjoyed  in  tlie  use  of  tlie  13th  street  rendezvous,  by  the  mounted 
(jfficers  of  the  Division,  it  is  proposed  that  a  Military  Itiding  Club  or 
Association  be  fornied;  and  for  the  purpose  of  taking  the  initiator}^  steps, 
you  are  invited  to  meet  the  Brigade  and  Regiiiiental  Commanders  and 
their  staffs,  at  these  Head-Quarters,  on  I'lmrschiy  the  9tl)  inst.,  at  S 
o'clock  P.  M. 

15)-  ordei-  of  Major-Uesicral  At.exakdek  Shalek. 

J.  HENRY  LIEBENAU, 
C'ol.  Brevet  Brigadier  (Tcneral,  Insi)ector  &  Acting  t'hief  of  Staff. 
Ofeiciat-; 


and  A.  D.  C. 


To 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,   N.  G.   S.   N.  Y. 

New    Yokk,  January  iUh,  ISl'fi. 

Circular  No.   2, 

I.  For  the  information  of  the  Inspector  General,  S.  N.  Y.,  regimental,  bat- 
talion and  battery  commanders,  and  the  commandant  of  the  separate  troop 
cavalry,  will  at  once  forward  to  these  Head-Quarters,  a  copy  of  all  orders  for 
evening  drills  to  be  held  during  the  drill  season,  and  hereafter  immediately 
upon  their  issue. 

II.  Battery  commanders  in  addition  to  the  above,  will  forward  to  the  acting 
Chief  of  Artillery,  at  these  Head-Quarters,  copies  of  all  orders  as  soon  as  issued. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Ai.kx.vndek  Shai.er. 

J.   HENRY   LIEBENAU. 
Col.    Bvt  Brig.  Gen' I,  Division  Iitspeitor  and  Acliiig  Chief  uf  Staff. 

Official : 


(/;/(/  .4ide-de-Catnp. 


HEAD-QUARTfiRS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

Nkw  Yobk,  January  13th,  1878. 
Circular  No.  3. 

An  juljourned  nnH'tiiig  of  the  mounted  officers  of  the  Division  for  the 
[Hirpose  of  receiviu'j;  tlis  report  of  the  committee  appointed  to  draft 
a  constitution  and  b}' laws  to  govern  the  proposed  Military  Riding  Clah, 
will  be  held  at  tli^-;;  Head-Quarters,  on  Saturday,  the  18th  inst.,  at 
S  o'clock  P.  M. 

The  (General,  (4ciieral  Staff,  Field  and  Staff,  and  the  officers  of  the 
S('parat(;  Troop,  tii«  Washington  Grey  Troop  and  the  mounted  batteries 
«)f  the  Division,  arc  invited  to  attend  the  meeting. 

By  order  of  Major-General  AtEXANBER  Shausb. 

J.  HENRY  LIEBENAU, 
Col.  Bv't  Brig.  (4en'l,  Division  Inspector  and  Acting  Chief  of  Staff. 

C).-:i(iM.; 


Aide-de-Camp, 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  K  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

IsEW  YouK,  March  201L,  1873 
CriicuLAR,   No.  4. 

It  is  annouaced  that  the  building,  Nos.  7,  9  &  11  West  13th  Street 
has  been  fitted  up  as  a  Rendezvous  for  mounted  Officers,  and  will  be 
opened  for  inspection  on  the  evening  of  Monday  the  24th  inst.,  from 
8  till  10  o'clock.  A  liinited  number  of  lockers  for  uniforms  and  for 
horse  furniture  have  been  provided,  and  will  be  assigned  at  an  early  day. 
Applications  for  the  use  of  the  same  should  be  made  in  writing  to  Lieut. 
Col.  JussEN,  Division  Quarter-Master,  on  or  before  the  first  of  April 
next. 

Any  officer,  or  classes  of  officers,  desiring  to  practice  in  horseman- 
ship at  stated  hours,  will  make  written  application  to  these  Head- 
Quarters. 

Rules  and  Regulations  governing  the  u.se  of  tlie  building  will  be 
announced  as  soon  as  practicable. 

By  order  of  Major-General  At.exandei!  SnAi.EU. 

J.  HENRY  LIEBENAU, 
Col.  Bv't  Brig.  Gen'l,  Division  Inspector  and  Acting  Chief  of  Staff. 


Officiai,; 


Aide-de-Camp. 


HEAD-gUARTERS  FIRST   DIVISION,   N.   G.  S.   N.  Y, 

Nkw  York,  April  Uth,  187^. 

Circular  No.  5. 

The  Commandants  of  Brigades,  Batteries  and  Troops  will  forward  to  these 
Head-Quarters  at  once,  a  report  showing  the  numerical  strength  at  date,  of 
each  organization,  and  giving  in  detail  the  number  of  commissioned  officers, 
non-commissioned  officers,  musicians  and  privates. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shai.er. 

.1.   HENRY   LIEBENAU, 
Col.   Bv't  Brig.  Gen  I,  Division  Inspector  and  Actitig  Chief  of  Staff. 

Official  : 


A  ide-de-  Ca  mf. 


HEAD-QUAltTERS  FIH^T  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  Youk,  Anu;   '^Ttli,   187o 

CmcriiAK  No.  *i. 

Hy  request,  (_'oinm;u)(l:ui(s  of  Brigades,  Kegiments,  8ei)anite  Troops, 
and  Batteries,  are  directed  to  forward  copies  of  all  ordei's  for  reviews, 
insi)ectioiis  aud  drills,  as  soon  as  issued  hereafter,  to  Brevet  Major 
General  Wm.  II.  Morris,  Inspector  General,  S.  N.  Y.,  through  the 
usual  channels  of  communication. 

By  order  of  .Major-General  Ai>k\.\noku  Siiai-eu 

J.   HKNRY  LIEBENAU, 
Col.  Bv't  Brig.  Gen'l,  ]3ivision  Inspector  and  Acting  Chief  of  Staff 

Okkicial; 


A.  D.  ('. 


•■?3V<    !'•*■' 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  X.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  Yoi;k,  Jan.  Ist,  1874. 

CJp:xeral  Oudehs  No.  1. 

I.     The  following;  appointiiuMils  on  tlie  Ptalf  of  tlio  M;ijor-General 
Commanding  are  aunonneed  to  take  elfect  from  this  date: 

I  ieutenant-Colonel  John  Median,  Ordnance-Offieer,  1o  be 
Division-Engineer  with  tlie  rank  of  Colonel,  vice  Kearney, 
resigned. 

T.  ^Nlatlack  Ciieesman,  M.  D.,  to  he  Division-Surgeon  with  the 
rank  of  CUjhjnel,  vi(;e  McMillan,  resigned. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Cornelius  B.  Mitcliell,  84th  Regiment  In- 
fantry, N.  G.  S.  N.  Y  ,  to  be  Ordnance-Otticer  with  the  rank  of 
LieiUenant-Colonei,  vice  ]Mechan  aiijioinied  Divi^i()n-Engineer. 

They  will  lie  oi  eyed  and  resjiecled  accordingly. 
By  order  of  Major-General  Ale>cam:)EK  Siialei{. 

J.  HENRY  LIEBENAU, 
Col.  Bv't  Brig.  Gen'l,  Division  Insjieclor  and  Acting  Chief  of  Staff. 
Oki-iciaf,; 


A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  K  Y. 

Nkw  York,  Jan.  24th,  1874. 
General,  Orders  / 
No.  2.  f 

I.     A  General  Court   Martial  will  convene  at  the  "Rendezvous," 
Nos.  7,  9  and  11  West  13th  Street,  at  eight  o'clock  P.  M.,  on  Thursday, 
February  ■>,  1874,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  possible,  for  the  trial  of  Colonel 
Andrew  Stauf,  Ninety-Sixth  Regiment,  Second  Brigade,  First  Division, 
N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  and  such  other  officers  as  may  be  brought  before  it. 
Detail  for  the  Court: 
Brigadier-General  William  G.  Ward,  1st  Brigade. 
Colonel  Charles  R.  Braine,  9th  Regiment. 
Lieuteuent-Colonel  Henry  C.  Lockwood,  71st  Regiment. 

Colonel  John    Fowler,    Jr.,     Division    Judge    Advocate,    is 
appointed  the  Judge  Advocate  for  the  Court. 
The  Court  will  sit  without  regard  to  hours. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alex.vnder  Shaler. 

J.  HENRY  LIEBENAU, 
Col.  Bv't  Brig.  Gen'l,  Division  Inspector  and  Acting  Chief  of  Staff. 

Official; 


A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTEKS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  Jan.  37th,  1874. 
General  Orders  / 
No.  3.  \" 

Pursuant   to  the  provisions  of  Section  235  of  the  Military  Code,  a 
Court  Martial  is  lierel)y  ordered  to  [)ass  upoQ  the  deliquencies  of  Officers 
'  'absent  from  any  parade,  encampment,  drill,  or  meeting  for  instruction," 
during  the  year  1873,  held  pursuant  to  Division  Orders. 
Detail  for  tub  Court  : 

Colonel  Emmons  Clark,  7th  Regiment. 

Colonel  Josiah  Porter,  "i^nd  Regiment. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Wm.  E.  Van  Wyck,  6th  Regiment. 

The  Court  will  assemble  at  the  "Rendezvous"  Nos.  7,  9  and  11 
West  13tli  Street  on  Thursday,  February  2()th  next,  at  8  o'clock  p.  m. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaleb. 

J.  HENRY  LIEBENAU, 

Col.  Bv't  Brig.  Geu'l,  Division  Inspector  and  Acting  Chief  of  Staff. 

Official; 


A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  Jaa.  27th,  1874. 
General  Orders { 
No.  4.  f 

I. — The  extraordhiary  conduct  of  the  9(}th  Reghneat  in  taking 
unlawful  possession  of  an  armory  wliich  had  by  proper  authority  been 
assigned  to  another,  and  the  subsequent  neglect  and  refusal  of  its  field 
officers  to  obey  the  directions  of  the  civil  authorities  and  the  orders  of 
superior  military  authority,  and  the  strong  evidences  of  a  mutinous 
agreement  on  the  part  of  the  principal  officers  of  the  regiment  to  resist 
any  and  all  efforts  of  the  civil  and  military  authorities  to  have  said 
armory  vacated,  show  such  a  lack  of  subordination  in  that  regiment,  as 
not  onl^'^to  destroy  its  usefulness  as  a  military  organization,  but  to  make 
it,  also,  an  unsafe  body  to  be  trusted  with  arms  or  other  state  property. 
(Tcncral  Head-Quarters  has  therefore  been  notified  of  the  unlawful 
seizure  and  occupancy  of  the  armory  referred  to  by  the  l)6th  Regiment, 
and  the  subsequent  arrest  of  its  field  officers,  and  the  Chief  of  Ordinance 
has  been  requested  to  at  once  take  charge  of,  and  remove  for  safe 
keeping,  all  arms  and  other  state  property  found  in  the  Centre  Market 
Armor}^  now  in  possession  of  said  'JOth  Regiment. 

II. — All  orders  heretofcjre  issued  from  Brigade  or  Regimental  Head- 
(Juarters,  for  meetings  of  the  i)(jth  Regiment,  for  drill  or  other  purposes, 
are  herebj'  countermanded,  and  until  further  orders  no  meetings  for  drill 
or  other  purposes  will  be  held  by  the  regiment  or  any  part  thereof. 

III. — Uj)on  the  removal  of  the  state  property  from  the  Centre 
Market  Armory,  the  Commanding  officer  of  the  llth  Regiment  will 
imniediatelj^  take  possession  of  said  armory  and  occupj'  the  same  for  the 
use  and  purposes  of  said  llth  Regiment  as  authorized  by  resolution  of 
the  Board  of  Supervisors  passed  August  oth,  1873,  and  as  recentlj^  notified 
to  these  Head-Quarters  as  being  ready  for  occupancy  bj-  said  llth 
Regiment. 

IV. — Any  and  all  Regimental  and  Company  property  belonging  to 
the  96th  Regiment,  found  in  the  rooms  of  said  armor^',  will  be  carefully 
removed  and  stored  in  one  of  the  rooms,  subject  to  such  disposition  as 
may  hereafter  be  made  from  these  Head-Quarters. 

V. — 1  he  Division  Quarter  Master  is  charged  with  the  execution  of 
tliis  order. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 


.1.  HENRY  LIEBENAU, 
Col.  Bv't  Brig.  Gen'l,  Division  Inspector  ^id  Acting  Chief  of  Staff. 

Official  ; 

A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  January  31st,  1874. 
(teneral  Orders  } 
No.  5.  f 

I. — Upon  a  review  of  the  proceedings  of  a  Court  Martial  appointed 
in  pursuance  of  Section  201  of  tlie  Military  Code  by  Special  Orders 
No.  24,  series  of  1873,  from  these  Head-Quarters,  for  the  trial  of  non- 
commissioaed  t)f!icers,  musicians  and  privates  of  tlie  Separate  Troop 
and  Batteries  B,  C,  G,  and  K,  First  Division,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  the  General 
Commanding  de-iires  to  direct  attention  to  certain  irregularities. 

1.  VViiere  sickness  is  pleaded  as  an  exc  ise  for  non-per- 
formance of  duty  a  surgeoii's  certificate  should  be  presented  to 
the  Court.  A  certificate  appears  to  have  been  presented  in  one 
instance  only,  to  this  t^ourt.  In  the  cases  of  the  following  non- 
commissioned ofIi;;ers  and  privates  excused  on  the  plea  of  sick, 
ness  the  proceedings  of  the  Court  are  therefore  disapproved: 
Corporal  Christian  Thielmann,  Battery  K. 
(Jorporal  Henry  Meese,  "        " 

Private  Edward  Brosemer,  "        " 

"         Jose,)h  Muller,  "        " 

"         Gustav  Walter,  "        " 

Sergeant  Charles  Reese,  Separate  Troop. 
Corporal  George  Hillabrand.  '" 
Private  August  Braun,  "  " 

"      George  Mayer,  "  " 

"       John  Val.  Mayer,        "  " 

(Jorporal    Joseph   Sanger,  Battery  G. 
John  W.  Smith.  "      "     " 

Private  Stephen  Pendergast,  "  " 

"      Nathaniel  Whaley,       " 
"      Waller  H.  Martin,         "  " 

3,  Tiiere  are  many  cases  which  the  Court  did  not  pass  up  )n 
in  consequence  of  a  return,  presumjibly  by  the  warning ofiicjr,  of 
"not  found."  In  these  cases  the  Court  should  have  require  1  the 
Marshal  to  show  what  efforts  he  made  to  find  the  delinquents. 

3.  In  the  following  cases  the  excuses  offered  were  not  ade- 
quate : 

Corporal  George  Hillabrand,  Separate  Troop,  charged  with 
leaving  Troop  without  permission  on  Sep  ember  10th,  1873. 

Private  August  Braun,  Separate  Troop,  same  charge  as 
preccdin'i-. 

Private  Michael  Moran,  Battery  G. 
"      George  Copeland,  "        " 

The  proceedings  of  the  Court  in  these  cases  are  therefore 
disapproved. 

4.  In  all  cases  where  non-receipt  of  orders  is  ottered  as  an 
excuse  for  non-attcjiidance  at  several  parades  or  drills,  the  Court 
should  require  the  evidence  of  the  warning  otticer  as  to  service 
of  such  orders  and  not  receive  tlie  testnnony  of  the  accused  as 
conclusive  agamst  his  deliquency. 


.1.  la  many  cases  returned  under  Section  38(3  M.  C  the  Court 
did  not  take  action  in  consequence  of  no  statement  liaving  been 
furnished  as  to  a  aount  of  tines  imposed.  It  was  the  duty  of  the 
officer  making  retur.is  of  deiiqaents  to  furnish  sucii  statement  and 
on  liis  failure  to  do  so,  tlie  Oourt  should  have  ordered  its  pro- 
duction, postponing  action  in  the  cases  until  this  had  been  done, 
in  so  lar  therefore  as  these  remarks  apply  to  the  cases  of 
Sergeant  James  Fitzgerald,  Battery  G 
Corporal  John  liean,  "        " 

Private  John  Eagan,  "        " 

"      Thomas  i^ynch,  "        " 

Samuel  MuUiearn,         "        " 
"      William  J.  Martin, 

Cornelius  O'Brien,  "        " 

"      Robert  Welch,  "       " 

"      Michael  McUuire,  "        " 

"      Felix  Smith,  "        " 

William  Kerrigan,  "        " 

Lewis  F.  Chilcls,  "        " 

the  proceedings  of  the  court  are  disapproved. 

II. — Tiie  proceedings  in  all  cases  noc  herein  referred  to  and    dis- 
approved, are  contirmed. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 


,     J.  HENRY  LIEBENAU, 
Col.  Bv't  Brig.  Gen'l,  Division  Inspector  and  Acting  Cliief  of  StAff. 


OFFICIAL; 


A.  D.  C. 


HEADQUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  February  t),  18T-1. 
General  Orders ) 
No.  U.  f 

I.— Ill  compliance  with  General  Orders  No.  3  c.  s.  as  modified  by 
General  Orders  No.  6  c.  s.  General  Head-Quarters,  the  following  di&baud- 
ments,  consolidations  and  transfers  are  hereby  effected: 

1.  The  1st  Battalion  Cavalry  is  disbanded  as  a  battalion  organ- 
ization and  its  officers,  with  the  exception  of  those  herein  after 
specified,  are  rendered  supernunierarj^ 

3.  T.-oops  "B"  and  "C"  of  the  1st  Battalion  Cavalry  -will 
assemble  at  the  armory  of  the  3d  Regiment  Cavalry  on  Wednesday 
the  18th  instant  at  eight  o'clock  p.  m.,  for  consolidation  and  muster 
into  one  troop,  under  the  direction  of  the  Division  Inspector,  and 
tianslcr  to  the  3d  Regiment  Cavalry  as  Troop  "C"  under  the  com- 
mand of  First  Lieutenant  John  A.  Piigge. 

3.  Troop  "D"  1st  Battalion  Cavalry  will  assemble  at  the 
armory  of  the  3d  Regiment  Cavalry  on  Wednesday  the  18th  instant 
at  eight  o'clock  p.  m.,  for  muster  and  transfer,  and  will  thereupon 
report  to  the  commanding  officer  of  the  3d  Regiment  Cavalry  for  duty. 

4.  Batteries  "C"  and  "G"  and  Troop  "A"  1st  Battalion  Cavalfv 
will  asseml)!e  for  muster-out,  by  the  Division  Inspector,  at  the 
"Rendezvous"  Nos.  7,  9  and  11  West  13th  Street,  on  Tuesday  the 
17lh  instant,  at  eight  o'clock  p.  m. 

5.  The  Commanding  Officers  of  the  3d  Regiment  C'avalry  and 
the  Troop  Wasliington  Greys  Cavalry,  will  upon  receipt  of  this 
order  report  to  tiiese  Head  Quarters  for  duty. 

II. — In  the  disbandments  ordered,  the  detailed  instructions  contained 
in  General  Orders  No.  14,  series  of  18(58,  General  Head-Quarters,  to 
whifii  reference  is  made,  will  be  strictly  complied  with. 

III. — The  attention  of  all  officers  rendered  supernumerary  by  this 
<nxler  is  d'reclcd  to  Section  24  Military  Code. 

IV. — All  the  books  of  record  and  reference,  papers,  documents,  &c., 
the  property  of  the  State  of  New  York,  pertaining  to  the  Battalion  and 
Batteries  disbanded  in  accordance  with  this  order,  will  be  forwarded  to 
these  Head-Quarters  1)y  the  respective  Commanding  Officers,  for  trant- 
mission  to  General  Head-Quarters. 

V. — All  muster-out  rolls,  reports,  and  papers  which  are  required  U> 
be  forwarded  to  General  Head  Quarters,  will  be  sent  through  the  inter- 
mediate channels  of  communication. 

YI — The  attention  of  the  memtjcrs  of  the  organizations  disbanded 
l)V  this  order  is  calleJ  to  Paragraph  XV,  of  General  Orders  No.  14 
Series  of  186S. 

VII. — 'I  he  commanding  officer  of  tlie  3d  Regiment  Cavalrj-,  will, 
upon  the  completion  of  the  change  herein  ordered,  make  report  iLiereol 
in  writing,  to  these  Head-Quarters. 

YIII. — The  muster  roHs,  discharges,  &c.,  required  in  effecting  the 
disbandments  above  specified,  will  be  furnished  on  application  to  these 
Head-Quarters. 

By  order  of  Major-Gencral  xVlexaxder  Siiai.er. 

J.  HENRY  LIEBENAU, 
Col.  Bv't  Brig.  Geu'l,  Division  Inspector  and  Acting  Chief  cf  Stnlf. 


Official 


A.  D.  C. 


HKAD-gUARTKRS  FIRST  DIVISION.   X.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 
New   Youk.   A])ril  8tli.   1S74. 

General  Orderis.  > 
No.  7.  ] 

1. — Before  a  Genei-al  Court  Martial,  wliicli  convened  at  the  "  Keii- 
ilezvous,"  Nos.  7,  9,  and  11  West  18tli  Street,  City  of  New  York, 
pursuant  to  General  Orders  No.  2,  dated  Head(|uarters  First  Division 
N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  New  York,  January  24,  1874,  and  of  which  Brigadier 
General  William  G.  Ward,  First  Brigade  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  is  President, 
were  arraigned  and  tried,  the  following  named  ofBcers : 

First. — Colonel  Andrew  Srauf,  of  the  '.MJtli  Regiment  Infantry,  2d 
Brigade,  1st  Division.  N.  (t.  S.  N.  Y..  on  tlie  following  charges  and 
specifications  : 

Chauck  I. — Conduct  unlieconiing  an  officer  and  a  gentleman. 

Spcrificiitidii  Ixt. — In  this,  that  on  or  about  the  twenty-third  day  of 
December,  in  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-three, 
and  on  divers  other  days  and  at  divei's  other  times  between  that  day 
and  the  twentieth  day  of  January,  in  the  year  one  thousand  eight 
hundred  and  seventy-four,  at  the  Cily  of  New  York,  in  the  County 
and  State  of  New  York,  he  the  said  Colonel  Andrew  Stauf,  Ninety- 
sixth  Regitnent  Infantry,  Second  Brigade,  First  Division,  National 
Guard  State  of  New  York,  well  knowing  all  that  time,  that  a  certain 
armory  situated  on  the  second  tiour  of  the  Centre  Market  Building 
on  the  north-easterly  side  of  Grand  Street,  in  the  said  City  of  New 
York,  and  known  and  distinguished  as  the  Centre  Market  Armory, 
had  prior  to  the  day  and  year  first  above  mentioned  been  fitted  up, 
prepared  and  duly  assigned  by  competent  authority  for  and  to  the  use 
and  occupation  of  and  by  the  Eleventh  Regiment  Infantry,  Second  Bri- 
gade, First  Division,  National  Guard  Slate  of  New  York,  and  while  said 
assignment  of  said  (Jentre  Market  Armory  to  said  Eleventh  Regiment 
Infantry,  was  unchanged,  unrevoked  and  in  full  force  and  effect,  and 
while  the  said  l'>leventh  Regiment  Infantry  was  fairly  entitled  to  the 
possession,  use  and  cjccupation  of  said  Centre  Market  Armory,  did 
with  full  knowledge  of  the  rights  of  the  said  Eleventh  Regiment  In- 
fantry in  the  premises,  enter  into  and  take  and  hold  possession  of 
and  occupy  tlie  said  Armory. 


All  this  on  or  iiliout  the  twerity-tliivd  day  of  December,  in  the  year 
one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-three,  and  on  divers  othei' 
days  and  at  divers  other  times  between  said  twenty-third  day  of  De- 
cember, in  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-three 
and  the  twentieth  day  January,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and 
seventy-four,  jit  the  City  of  New  \(irk,  in  tlie  County  and  State  of 
New  York. 

Spenji cation  :.'(/. — In  this,  that  mi  or  aliout  tlie  t weiity-lliird  day  nf 
December,  in  the  year  one  tliousand  eight  Innulred  and  seventy-three 
and  on  divers  other  days  and  at  <Hvers  other  times  between  that 
day  and  the  twentieth  day  of  January,  in  the  year  one  thousand 
eight  hundred  and  seventy-four,  at  the  City  of  New  York,  in  the 
County  and  State  of  New  York,  he  the  said  Colonel  Andrew  Stauf. 
Ninety-sixth  Regiment  Infantry,  Second  Brigade,  Fiist  Division, 
National  Guard  State  of  New  .York,  well  knowing  all  the  time, 
that  a  certain  Armory  situate<l  'on  the  second  floor  of  the  Centre 
Market  Armory  Building  on  the  north-easterly  side  of  Grand  Street, 
in  the  said  City  of  New  York,  and  known  and  distinguished  as  the 
Centre  Market  Armory,  had  been  fitted  up,  prepared  and  duly 
assigned  by  competent  authority  for  and  to  the  use  and  occujiation 
of  and  by  the  Eleventh  Kegiinent  Infantry,  Second  Brigade,  First 
Division,  National  Guard  State  of  New  York,  and  while  said  assign- 
ment of  said  Centre  Market  Armoi-y  to  said  Eleventh  Regiment  In- 
fantry, was  unchanged,  unrevoked  and  in  full  force  and  eifect  and 
while  the  said  Eleventh  Regiment  Infantry  was  faii'ly  entitled  to  the 
])ossession,  use  and  occupation  of  the  s.aid  Centre  Market  Armory, 
and  while  he  the  said  Colonel  Andrew  Stauf.  Ninety-sixth  Regiment 
Infantry.  Second  Brigaile.  First  Division,  National  (iuai-(l,  State  of  New 
York,  well  knew  that  the  said  Eleventh  Regiment  Infanti-y  was  faii-ly 
entitled  to  such  possession,  use  and  occupation  of  said  Centre  ^larket 
Armory,  did  wilfully  prevent  the  said  Eleventh  Regiment  Infantry 
from  having  the  possession  or  enjoying  the  use  or  occupation  of  saiil 
Centre  Market  Armory. 

All  this  on  or  about  tlie  twenty-third  day  of  December,  in  the  year 
one  thousand  eight  hun<Ired  and  seventj'-thi'ee,  and  on  divers  other 
days  and  at  divers  other  times  Ijetween  that  day  and  the  twentieth 
day  of  Januai'v,  in  the  yeai-  one  thousand  eiglit  hundre<l  and  seventy- 
four,  at  the  City  of  New  York,  in  the  Countv  and  State  of  New  York. 


('har<;e  II.  —  Disrespect  to  a  sujieiiof  officer. 

Specification. — In  tliis,  tliat  on  or  about  tlie  foiirteeiith  day  of.l.niii- 
ary,  in  the  year  one  tliousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-four,  at  the 
<'ity  of  New  York,  in  tlie  County  and  State  of  New  V(n-k,  lie  the  said 
Colonel  Andrew  Stauf.  Ninety-sixth  Regiment  Infantry,  Second  Brig- 
ade. First  Division.  National  (luard  State  of  New  York,  wliile  imjjro- 
perly  in  the  possession,  use  and  occupation  of  a  certain  Ariuory  situ- 
ated on  the  seconil  floor  of  the(^entre  Market  Building,  on  the  north- 
easterly side  of  Grand  Street,  in  the  City  of  New  York,  in  the  County 
an<l  State  of  New  York,  known  and  distinguished  as  the  Centre  .Mar- 
ket .\rniory.  ami  wliile  he  the  said  Colonel  Andrew  Stauf.  Niuety- 
sixtli  Heginient  Infantry,  Second  Brigade.  First  Division,  National 
(lUard  State  of  New  York,  well  knew  that  the  possession,  use  anil 
occupation  of  the  said  Centre  Market  AruKny  rightfully  Iieloiigeil  to 
the  Klevenlh  Beginient  Infantry,  Second  Brigade.  First  Division,  Na- 
li.Hial  (lUard  State  of  New  York,  and  while  he  the  said  (.'olonel  An- 
drew Stauf,  Ninety-sixth  Regiment  Infantry,  Second  Brigade,  First 
Division,  National  (iuar<l  State  of  New  York,  well  knowing  the 
premises,  was  wilfully  preventing  the  said  Hleventh  Regiment  Infantry 
from  possessing,  using  or  occupying  said  Centre  Market  .VriiKiry.  ami 
after  he  the  said  Colonel  Andrew  Stauf.  Ninety-sixth  Regiment  In- 
fantry, Second  Brigade,  First  Division,  National  Gnanl,  State  of  New 
York,  had  been  fully  and  duly  notified  of  the  rights  of  the  said  j-'lev- 
entli  Regiment  Infantry  in  the  premises  by  Major-General  Alexaniler 
Shaler,  commanding  the  First  Division,  National  Guard,  State  of  New- 
York,  the  superior  officer  of  him  the  said  Colonel  Andrew  Stniif, 
Ninety-sixth  Regiment,  Second  Brigade,  First  Division.  National 
(iiiard  State  of  New  York,  and  then  and  thei'e  well  knew  that  he 
the  said  ("olouel  Andrew  Stauf,  Ninety-sixth  Regiment  Infantry,  Sec- 
ond Brigade,  First  Division,  National  Guard  State  of  New  York,  to  be 
his  superior  officer  anil  the  Major  General  Commanding  the  said  First 
Division,  National  Guard  State  of  New  York,  and  after  he  the  said  Colo- 
nel Andrew  Stauf,  Ninety-sixth  Regiment  Infantry,  Second  Brigade. 
Fij-st  Division,  National  Guard  State  of  New  York,  had  been  reipie-^ted 
by  the  said  Major-General  .Alexander  Shaler  commanding  the  First 
Division,  National  (iuard  State  of  New  York,  the  superior  officer  of 
him,  the  said  Colonel  Andrew  Stauf,  Ninety-sixth  Regiment  Infantry. 
Second  Brigade,  First  Division,  National  Guard  State  of  New   ^  ork. 

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then  and  there  well  known  to  him  the  said  Colonel  Amlrew  Stanf, 
Ninety -sixth  Regiment  Infantry,  Second  Brigade,  First  Division.  Na- 
tional Guard  State  of  New  York,  to  be  his  superior  offic^er  as  afore- 
said, did  wilfully  neglect  and  refuseil  to  comply  with  the  request  of 
him,  the  said  Major-General  Alexander  Slialer,  commanding  the  First 
Division,  National  Guard  State  of  New  York,  superior  officer  as  afore- 
said, then  and  there  made  of  him  the  said  Colonel  Andrew  Stauf, 
Ninety-sixth  Regiment  Infantry,  Second  Brigade,  First  Division, 
National  Guard  State  of  New  York,  to  vacate  said  Centre  Market 
Armory  and  to  yield  up  the  possession,  use  and  occupation  thereof 
to  the  said  Eleventh  Regiment  Infantry. 

All  this  on  or  about  the  fourteenth  day  of  .January,  in  the  year  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-four,  at  the  City  of  New  York, 
in  the  County  and  State  of  New  York. 

CuARGK  III. — Disobedience  of  orders. 

Specification. — In  this,  that  on  or  about  the  fifteenth  day  of  .lanu- 
arv  in  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-lour, 
at  the  City  of  New  York,  in  the  County  and  State  of  New  York,  and 
while  he  the  said  Colonel  Andrew  Stauf,  Ninety-sixth  Regiment  In- 
fantry, Second  Brigade.  First  Division,  National  Guard  State  of  New 
York,  was  with  iiis  said  Regiment  wrongfully  in  the  possession,  use 
and  occupation  of  a  certain  armory  situated  on  the  second  floor  of 
the  Centre  Market  Building,  on  the  north-easterly  side  of  Grand 
Street  in  the  City  of  New  York,  in  the  ('ounty  and  State  of  New  York, 
and  known  and  distinguished  as  the  Centre  Market  .Armory,  and 
after  the  Board  of  Supervisors  of  the  said  County  of  New  York  had 
resolved  as  follows  : 

"  Resolved,  That  the  present  occupation  of  the  ('entre  .Market  Ar- 
"  mory  by  the  Ninety-si.\th  Regiment,  without  any  authority  from 
"  this  Board  of  Supervisors,  is  a  standing  insult  to  the  said  Board  : 
•'  and  further  be  it 

•'  Remlved,  That  the  Major-General  Commanding  the  First  Divi- 
"  sion,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  be,  and  is  hereby  instructed  to  remove  forth- 
•'  with   the  Ninety-sixth  Regiment  from  the  Centre  Market  Armory." 

•Did  wilfully  neglect  and  refused  to  obey,  and  did  disobey  an  order 
issued  to  and  duly  served  on  him  the  said  Colonel  Andrew  Stauf. 
Ninety-sixth  Regiment  Infantry,  Second  Brigade,  First  Division,  Na- 


tionnl  Gufirvl  State  of  New  York,  by  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler, 
comniiintlino;  the  First  Division,  National  Guard  State  of  New  York,  on 
or  about  the  fourteenth  day  of  January,  in  the  year  one  thousand 
eight  hundred  and  seventy-four,  at  the  said  City  of  New  York,  in  the 
words  and  figures  following : 

"  Head-qitarters  First  Division,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 
"New  York,  January  14,    1874. 

"  Colonel  : 

"I  am  directed  to  furnish  for  your  information  and  guidance  the 
"following  copy  of  the  Resolutions  passed  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board 
"  of  Supervisors,  held  on  the  I'ith  instant,  relating  to  the  occupancy 
"  of  the  Centre  Market  Armory  by  the  Regiment  under  your  com- 
"  mand : 

"  •  RpKoIred,  That  the  present  occupation  of  the  Centre  ^larket  Ar- 
"  '  mory  by  the  Ninety-sixth  Regiment,  without  any  authority  from 
••  '  this  Board  of  Supervisors,  is  a  standing  insult  to  the  said  Board  : 
"  '  and  further  be  it 

"  'Resolved,  That  the  Major-General  Commanding  the  First  Division, 
"  '  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  be,  and  is  hereby  instructed  to  remove  forthwith 
"  '  the  Ninety-sixth  Regiment  from  the  Centre  Market  Armory.'  " 

"  In  conformity  with  the  spirit  of  the  second  resolution,  the  Major- 
"  General  Commanding  directs  that  you  cause  said  Armory  to  be  va- 
"cated  without  delay,  and  report  your  action  hereon  to  these  Head- 
•'  quarters,  on  or  before  the  20th  instant. 

"Very  respectfully, 

"  Carl  Jussen, 

"  Lt.-Col.  and  A.  A.  D.  C. 

"To  Col.  Andrew  Stauf, 

"Commanding  96th  Regiment, 
"  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y." 
All  this  on  or  about  the  fifteenth  day  of  January,  in  the  year  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-four,  at  the  City  of  New  York, 
in  the  County  and  State  of  New  York. 


To  which  charges  and  specifications  tlie  accused  pleaded  as  follows  : 
To  the  First  Specification  of  the  First  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 
To  the  Second  Specification  of  the  First  Charge. — ••  Not  Guilty." 
To  the  First  Charge.—"  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  Specification  of  the  Second  Charge. — The  accused   de- 
murred.    Demurrer  sustained. 
To  the  Second  Charge.—"  Not  Guilty." 
To  the  Specification  of  the  Third  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 
To  the  Third  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 

FlNDIXCS. 

The  Court,  having  maturely  considered  the  evidence  adduced,  find 
the  accused  Colonel  Andrew  Stauf,  Ninety-sixth  Hegimeiit,  Infan- 
try, Second  Brigade,  First  Division,  National  Guard  State  of  New 
York,  as  follows : 

Of  the  First  Specifiation  of  the  First  Charge. — Not  Guilty. 

Of  the  Second  Specification  of  the  First  Charge. — Not  Guilty. 

Of  the  First  Charge. — Not  Guilty. 

Of  the  Second  Charge. — Not  Guiltj'. 

Of  the  Specification  of  the  Tliird  Charge. — Giiiltv. 

Of  the  Third  Charge.— Guilty. 

Sentence. 
And  the  Court   does  therefore  sentence  him.  the  said  Colonel  An- 
drew Stauf.  Ninety-sixth  Regiment  Difantry.  Second   Brigade,  First 
Division,  National  Guard,  State  of  New  York,  to  be  Cashiered." 

Second. — Lieutenant-Colonel  Peter  Hemmer,  of  the  9Gth  Regiment 
Infantry,  2d  Brigade,  l.st  Division,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  on  the  following 
charges  and  specifications  : 

Charge  I. — Disobedience  of  Orders. 

Specification  1st. — In  this,  that  he,  the  said  Lieutenant-Colonel  Peter 
Hemmer,  Ninety-sixth  Regiment  Infantry,  Second  Brigade.  First 
Division,  National  Guard  State  of  New  York,  on  or  about  the  twenty- 
third  day  of  .January,  in  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and 
seventy-four,  at  the  City  of  New  York,  in  the  County  and  State  of 
New  York,  being  then  and  there  in  command  of  the  said  Ninety-sixth 
Regiment  Infantry,  did  then  and  there  wilfullv  neglect  and  refuse  to 


obey,  iintl  did  then  and  there  wilfully  disobey  a  certain  order,  then 
an  1  there  made  and  isisued  by  Major-General  Alexander  Slialer,  com- 
manding the  said  First  Division,  National  Guard  State  of  New  York, 
and  by  liim,  the  said  JIajor-General  Alexander  Slialer,  caused  to  be 
served  upon  and  received  by  him  the  said  Lieuieuaut-Colouel  Peter 
Hemmer,  Ninetj- -sixth  Regiment  Infantry,  Second  Brigade,  First 
Division,  National  Guard  State  of  New  York,  on  or  about  the  twenty- 
first  day  of  January,  in  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and 
seventy-four,  at  the  said  City  of  New  York,  which  order  was  in  the 
words  and  figures  following,  that  is  to  say  : 

••  HEAn-QUARTERS   FiRST   DiVISTOX,    N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 
'■  New  Yoi-k.  January  20,  1874. 
"  Colonel : 

"I  am  directed  to  inform  you  that  on  the  12th  instant  the  Board 
of  Supervisors  passed  two  resolutions,  of  which  the  following  are 
copies  : 

"  '  Resolved,  That  the  present  occupation  of  the  Centre  Market  Ar- 
••  '  mory  by  the  Ninety-sixth  Regiment,  without  anj'  authority  from 
••  '  this  Board  of  Supervisors,  is  a  standing  insult  to  the  said  Board ; 
••  '  and  further  be  it 

"  'Resolved,  That  the  Major-General  Commanding  the  First  Division, 
"  '  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  be  and  is  hereby  instructed  to  remove  forthwith  the 
'■  '  Ninety-sixth  Regiment  from  the  (Jentre  Market  Armory.'  " 

"  On  the  14th  instant  Colonel  Stauf  was  directed  to  vacate  the 
"building  referred  to  without  delay,  and  report  his  action  to  these 
"  Headquarters  on  or  before  the  20th  instant.  He  has  neglected  and 
"  refused  to  do  as  directed,  and  been  placed  in  arrest.  You  will, 
"  therefore,  upon  receipt  of  this,  assume  command  of  the  96th 
"  Regiment,  and  without  delay  cause  the  rooms  of  Centre  Market 
"  Armory  to  be  vacated,  and  report  your  action,  in  writing,  to  these 
"Headquarters  witliin  forty-eight  (48)  hours  after  receipt  of  this 
"  order."' 

"  Very  respectfully, 
"  Carl  Jussen. 

"  Lieut.-Col.,  Q.  M.  and  A.  A.  D.  C. 
••  To  Lieut.-Col.  Peter  Hemmer, 

"  9(jth  Regiment,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y." 

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All  this  at  the  City  of  New  York,  in  the  County  and  State  of  New 
York,  on  or  about  the  twenty-third  day  of  January,  in  the  year  (tne 
thousand  eiglit  hundretl  and  seventy-four. 

SpecificaUon  2d. — In  tliis,  that  lie,  the  said  Lieutenant-Colonel  Peter 
Hemmer,  Ninety-sixth  Regiment  Infanti-y,  Second  Brigade,  First  Divi- 
sion, National  Guard  State  of  New  York,  on  or  about  the  twenty-third 
day  of  January,  in  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy- 
four,  at  the  City  of  New  York,  in  the  County  and  State  of  New  York, 
being  then  and  there  in  command  of  the  said  Ninety-sixth  Regiment  In- 
fimtry,  after  having  been  notified  by  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler, 
commanding  said  First  Division.  National  Guard  State  of  New  York, 
that  the  Board  of  Supervisors  of  the  said  County  of  New  York  had 
resolved  that  the  occupation  of  the  Centre  Market  Armory — meaning 
the  Armory  on  the  second  floor  of  the  Centre  Market  building,  situ- 
ated on  Grand  and  Centime  Streets,  in  said  City  of  New  York — by  the 
said  Ninety-sixth  Regiment,  without  any  authority  from  the  .said 
Board  of  Supervisors,  was  a  standing  insult  to  the  said  Board,  and 
that  the  said  Board  had,  on  or  about  the  twelfth  day  of  January,  in 
the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundi-ed  and  seventy-four,  instructed  him, 
the  said  MaJor-General  Alexander  Shaler,  commanding  the  said  First 
Division,  National  Guard  State  of  New  York,  to  remove  forthwith  the 
said  Ninety-sixth  Regiment  from  the  said  Armory.  And  after  the 
said  Lieutenant-Odonel  Peter  Hemmer,  Ninety-sixth  Regiment  infan- 
try. Second  Brigade,  First  Division,  National  Guard  State  of  New 
Y^ork,  had  been  informed  by  the  said  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler, 
commanding  said  First  Division,  of  the  neglect  and  refusal  of  Colonel 
Andrew  Stauf,  Ninety-sixth  Regiment  Infantry,  Second  Brigade,  First 
Division,  National  Guard  State  of  New  York,  to  obey  the  order  of  said 
Major-General  Alexander  Shaler,  commanding  said  First  Division, 
directing  said  Colonel  Andrew  Stauf,  Ninety-sixth  Regiment  Infantry, 
to  vacate  said  Armory,  and  of  the  arrest  of  said  Colonel  Andrew 
Stauf,  Ninety-sixth  Regiment  Infantry,  and  after  the  said  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  Peter  Hemmer.  Ninety-sixth  Regiment  Infantry,  Second  Bri- 
gade, First  Division,  National  Guard  State  of  New  York,  had  been  or- 
dered by  the  said  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler,  commanding  said 
First  Division,  to  cause  said  Centre  Market  Armory  to  be  vacated 
without  ilelay,  the  said  Lieutenant-Colonel  Peter  Hemmer,  neglected 


and  refused  to  obey  said  order,  and  did  disobey  said  order,  and  did 
not  cause  said  Armory  to  be  vacated. 

All  this  at  the  City  of  New  York,  in  the  County  and  State  of  New- 
York,  on  or  about  the  twenty-third  day  of  January,  in  the  year  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-four. 

Charge  II. — Disrespect  to  a  superior  officer. 

Specification. — In  this,  that  he,  the  said  Lieutenant-Colonel  Peter 
Hemnier,  Ninety-sixth  Regiment  Infantry,  Second  Brigade,  First 
Division,  National  Guard  State  of  New  York,  being  then  and  there  in 
command  of  the  said  Ninety-sixth  Regiment  Infantry,  and  being  or- 
dered by  his  superior  officer,  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler,  com- 
manding First  Division,  National  Guard  State  of  New  York,  in  the 
words  and  figures  following,  that  is  to  say  : — "  You  will  therefore,  up- 
"  on  receipt  of  this,  assume  command  of  the  96th  Regiment,  and 
"  without  delay,  cause  the  rooms  af  Centre  Market  Armory  to  be  va- 
"  cated,  and  report  your  action,  in  writing,  to  these  Headquarters, 
"within  forty-eight  (48)  hours  after  the  receipt  of  this  order," — 
which  said  order  was  made  and  issued  in  a  communication  dated  the 
twenty-first  day  of  January,  in  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred 
and  seventy-four,  and  addressed  to  and  received  by  the  said  Lieuten- 
ant-Colonel' Peter  Ilemmer.  Ninety-sixth  Regiment  Infantry,  Second 
Brigade,  First  Division,  National  Guard  State  of  New  York,  did  reply 
and  repoi-t  in  words  and  figures  following,  that  is  to  say  : — "  If  the  Ma- 
'•jor-General  Commanding  will  give  me  the  order  to  stack  my  arms 
"  and  property  in  the  street,  and  hereby  relieve  me  of  all  responsibility 
"  and  loss,  I  shall  at  once  obey,"' — which  said  reply  and  report  was 
embraced  in  a  communication  addressed  to  Headquarters  First  Divi- 
sion. National  Guard  State  of  New  York,  signed  by  the  said  Lieuten- 
ant-Colonel Peter  Hemmer,  Ninety-sixth  Regiment.  Second  Brigade, 
First  Division,  National  Guard  State  of  New  York,  and  dated  on  the 
twenty-third  day  of  January,  in  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hun- 
dred and  seventy-four. 

All  this  at  the  City  of  New  York,  in  the  County  and  State  of  New 
York,  on  or  about  the  twenty-third  day  of  January,  in  the  year  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy  four. 


To  which  charges  ;iml  speciticntions  tlie  accused  pleaded  as  follows  : 

To  the  First  Specitication  of  the  First  Charge. — "  Not  (iuilty." 
To  the  Second  Specification  of  the  First  rimrge. — ••  Not  Guil- 
ty-" 
To  the  First  Charge. — "  Not  (Jiiilty."' 

To  tlie  Specification  of  the  Second  Charge. — •'  Not  Guilty." 
To  the  Second  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 
Fixoi\(is. 
The  Cinii-t,  after  having  maturely  considered  the  evidence  adduced, 
find    the    accused    Lieut enant-(^olonel  Peter    Henimer,    Ninety-Sixth 
Regiment   Infantry,   Second  Brigade,   First  Division,  National  Guard 
State  of  New  York,  as  follows: 

Of  the  First  Specification  of  the  First  Charge. — Guilty. 
Of  the  Second  Specification  of  th«  First  Chai-ge. — Guilty. 
Of  the  First  Charge. — Guilty. 

Of  tlie  Specification  of  the  Second  Charge. — Guilty. 
Of  the  Second  Charge. — Guilty. 

Sextexce. 
And  tiie  Court  iloes  t!ierefoi*e  sentence  him  the  said  Lieutenant-Co- 
lonel Peter  Hemmer,  Ninety-sixth  Regiment  Infantry,  Second  Brigade, 
First  Division,  National  Guard  State  of  New  York,  to  be  Cashiered. 

Third. — Major  Frederick  Kloeppel,  of  the  96th  Regiment  Infontry, 
2d  Brigade,  1st  Division.  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  on  the  following  cluxrges 
and  specifications : 

Charge  I. — Disobedience  of  orders. 

Specification  Ist. — In  this,  that  he  the  said  Major  Frederick  Kloeppel, 
Ninety-sixth  Regiment  Infantry,  Second  Brigade,  First  Division,  Na- 
tional Guard  State  of  New  York,  on  or  about  the  twenty-sixth  day  of 
January,  in  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-four,  at 
the  City  of  New  York,  in  the  (jiunty  and  State  of  New  York,  being  then 
and  there  in  command  of  the  said  Ninety-sixth  Regiment  Infantry, 
did  then  and  there  wilfully  neglect  and  refuse  to  oliey,  and  did  tlien 
and  there  wilfully  disobey  a  certain  order  then  and  there  made  and  is- 
sued by  Majiir-tTeneral  Alexander  Shaler,  commanding  said  First  Divi- 
sion, anil  then  and  there  caused  bv  him  the  said  Maior-tieneral  Alexan- 


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tier  Slialer,  commanding  said  First  Division,  to  he  duly  served  upon  and 
received  tiy  liini  the  said  Major  Frederick  Kloeppel.  Ninety-sixtli  Regi- 
ment Infantrj',  Second  Brigade,  First  Division.  National  Guard  State 
of  New  York,  which  order  was  in  the  words  and  figures  following, 
that  is  to  say  : 

"  HEAn-QlARTERS    FiRST    DIVISION    N.    G.    S.    N.    Y. 

'■  New  York.  January  24th,  1874. 
'•Special  Orders,  No.  8. 

[Extract.] 

"  II. — Major  Frederick  Kloeppel,  96th  Regiment,  is  hereby  noti- 
••  fied  of  the  arrest  of  Colonel  Andrew  Staiif.  and  of  Lieutenant-Co- 
'•lonel  Peter  Hemmer,  of  his  Regiment,  anil  ordered  to  assume  im- 
"  mediate  command  of  said  '.lijtli  Regiment.  Upon  the  receipt  of  this 
"order,  Major  Kloeppel  will  proceed  to  vacate  the  Centre  Market 
•'  Armory,  now  unlawfully  occupied  by  the  9tjth  Regiment,  and  make 
"  immediate  report  to  these  Headijuarters  of  his  intentions. 

"  By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 
(Signed.)  "Carl  Ju.ssen, 

"  Lieut.-Col.,  Q.  M.  and  A.  A.  D.  C." 

All  this  at  the  City  of  New  York,  in  the  County  and  State  of  New 
York,  on  or  about  the  twenty-sixth  day  of  January,  in  the  year  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-four. 

Specification  2(1. — In  this,  that  on  or  about  the  twenty-sixth  day  of 
January,  in  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-four, 
at  the  City  of  New  York,  in  the  County  and  State  of  New  York,  he 
the  said  Major  Frederick  Kloeppel.  Ninety-sixth  Regiment  Infantry, 
Second  Brigade,  First  Division.  National  Guard  State  of  New  York, 
being  then  and  there  in  command  of  the  said  Ninety-sixth  Regiment 
Infantry,  and  while  he  the  said  Major  Frederick  Kloeppel,  Ninety-sixth 
Regiment  Infantry,  Second  Brigade.  First  Division,  National  Guard 
State  of  New  York,  was  with  his  said  Regiment  in  the  possession,  use 
and  occvipation  of  a  cei-tain  Armory  known  and  distinguished  as  the 
Centre  ^laiket  Armory,  situated  on  the  second  floor  of  the  Centre 
Market  Buihling.  on  Grand  and  Centre  Street  in  the  said  City  of  New 
York,  and  after  the  said  Major  Frederick  Kloeppel,  Ninety-sixth  Regi- 
ment Infantry,  Second  Brigade,  First  Division,  National  Guard  State 

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of  New  York,  had  been  ordered  by  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler, 
then  an  I  there  commanding  said  First  Division,  to  vacate  said  Centre 
Market  Armory  then  as  aforesaid  occupied  by  said  Ninety-sixth  Regi- 
ment Infantry,  did  then  and  there  neglect  and  refuse  to  vacate  or 
cause  to  be  vacated  the  said  Centre  Market  Armory. 

All  this  at  tiie  City  of  New  York,  in  tiie  County  and  State  of  New 
York,  on  or  abotit  the  twenty-sixth  da\-  of  January,  in  the  year  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-four. 

Charce  II. — Conduct  unbecoming  an  otflcer  and  a  gentleman. 

Spccifictition. — In  this,  that  he  the  said  Major  Frederick  Kloeppel, 
Ninety-sixth  Regiment  Infanti-y,  Second  Brigade,  First  Division,  Na- 
tional Guard  State  of  New  York,  having  been  ordered  by  liis  superior 
officer,  Maior-(teneral  Alexander  Shaler,  commanding  First  Division. 
National  Guard  State  "f  New  York,  in  words  and  tigures  following, 
that  is  to  say  : 

•'  TIk, \i>-<ir\RTERs  FiR.ST  DIVISION.  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 
"New  York,  Jannary  24th,  1874. 
••  Special  Orders.  No.  H. 

[Extract.] 

*  -Jr  -ir  -Ir  -if  *  * 

'•II. — Major  Frederick  Kloeppel,  Ofith  Regiment,  is  hereby  noti- 
•'  tied  of  the  arrest  of  Colonel  Andrew  Stauf,  and  of  Lieutenant-Co- 
"  lonel  I'eter  Hemmer,  of  his  Regiment,  and  ordered  to  assume  imme- 
•' diate  command  of  said  9Gth  Regiment.  Upon  the  receipt  of  this 
"order  Major  Kloeppel  will  proceed  to  vacate  the  Centre  Market 
"  Armory,  now  unlawfully  occupied  by  the  flfitli  Regiment,  and  make 
"immediate  report  to  these  Headquarters  of  his  intentions. 

"  By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

"  Carl  .Jussen, 
"  Lieut.-Col.,  Q.  M.  and  A.  A.  D.  C." 
did  promise  and  agree  to  report  to  the  said  Major-General  Alexander 
Shaler,  commanding  First  Division,  National  Guard  State  of  New 
York,  as  therein  ordered,  by  eleven  o'clock  in  the  morning  (jf  the 
twenty-sixth  day  of  .Tanuary,  in  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred 
and  seventy-fouV,  and  did  wilfully  neglect  to  make  good  his  promise 
10  so  repoi-t,  and  did  not  report,   either  in  writing  or  in  person  until 

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the  twenty-seventh  day  of  January,  in  the  year  one  thousan(i  eight 
hundred    and  seventy-four. 

All  this  at  the  City  of  New  York,  in  tlie  Cotinty  and  State  of  New 
York,  on  or  about  the  twenty-sixth  day  of  January,  in  the  year  one 
thousand  eight  liundred  and  seventy-four. 

To  which  charges  and  specifications  the  accused  pleaded  as  follows  : 
To  the  First  Specification  of  the  First  Charge. — "Not  Guilty." 
To  the  Second  Specification  of  the  First  Charge. — •■  Not  Guil- 
ty. 
To  the  First  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  Specification  of  the  Second  Charge. — ■•  Not  Guilty." 
To  the  Second  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 

FiXDIXliS. 

The  Court,  having  maturely  considered  the  evidence  adduced,  find 
the  accused  .Major  Freilerick  Kloeppel,  Ninety-Sixth  Regiment  Infan- 
try, Second  Brigade,  First  Division.  National  Guard  State  of  New 
York,  as  follows  : 

Of  the  First  Specification  of  the  First  Charge. — Guilty. 

Of  the  Second  Specification  of  the  First  Charge. — Guilty. 

Of  the  First  Charge.  —Guilty. 

Of  the  Specification  of  the  Second  Charge. — Guilty. 

Of  the  Second  Charge. — Guilty. 

Sentence. 

'•  And  the  Court  does  therefore  sentence  him,  the  said  Major  Fred- 
' '  erick  Kloeppel,  Ninety-si.xth  Regiment  Infantry,  Second  Brigade, 
"  First  Division,  National  Guard  State  of  New  York,  to  be  Cashiered." 

II. — In  the  case  of  Colonel  Andrew  Stauf,  96th  Regiment,  the 
proceedings  and  findings  are  approved  and  the  sentence  is  con- 
firmed. That  the  commanding  officer  of  a  regiment  in  the  State 
military  service  should  so  far  forget  the  obligations  assumed  by  him 
in  accepting  a  commission  therein,  as  not  only  to  disregard  the 
wishes  and  directions  of  the  civil  authorities,  but  also  to  wilfully 
disobey  the  lawful  orders  of  superior  military  authority,  issued  in 
consonance  with,  and  for  the  enforcement  of  such  wishes  and  direc- 
tions, is  to  be  deeply  deplored,  and  the  act  most  severely  condemned. 
Such  conduct  naturally  reflects  upon,  and  degrades  the  service  in  the 

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eyes  of  the  coimiiunity  :  ami  to  periuit  it  to  go  luipimi.slied  would  be 
next  to  offering  a  preniiiuii  for  ins\iborilination,  and  tend  to  under- 
mine the  very  foundation  of  our  military  institution.  The  conclusions 
of  the  Court  in  this  case  are  fully  warranted  by  the  tacts  set  forth, 
and  however  painful  the  duty  of  continuing  the  sentence  may  be, 
examples  are  necessary  in  order  th:it  discipline  may  be  maintained, 
and  that  the  reliance  placed  upon  the  National  (luard  by  law  abiding 
citizens,  may  not  be  weakened  by  repetitions  of  insubordinate  acts 
of  its  principal  officers.  Implicit  obedience  to  orders  is  the  grand 
l)iinciple  underlying  the  whole  military  structure  ;  without  it  disci- 
pline cannot  exist,  and  the  National  Guard  would  be  more  dangerous 
to  the  community  than  the  mobs  it  may  be  called  upon  to  disperse. 
In  reviewing  the  jiroceedings  in  this  case,  the  o])))ortunity  is  taken  to 
impress  upon  the  oihcers  and  members  of  the  First  Division,  the  im- 
portance of  this  principle,  and  to  cauticm  them  against  the  conse- 
Huences  of  disregarding  it. 

III. — In  the  case  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  Peter  Ilenimer,  '.Kitii  Regi- 
ment, the  charge  of  "  disobedience  of  orders,"  was  coupled  with  tluit 
of  "  disrespect  to  a  superior  officer,"  hardly  less  grave  than  the  first 
named,  and  tending  decidedly  to  the  aggravation  of  the  offense. 

In  the  case  of  Major  Frederick  Kloeppel,  0()th  Regiment,  in  addi- 
tion to  being  found  guilty  of  "disobedience  of  orders,"  the  charge 
of  "conduct  unbecoming  an  officer  and  a  gentleman,"  was  also 
proven,  materially  adding  to  the  gravity  of  his  offense. 

The  remarks  made  in  the  case  of  Colonel  Andrew  .Stauf  are  equally 
applicable  to  these  cases.  The  proceedings  and  findings  are  approved, 
and  the  sentence  in  each  case  is  confirmed. 

I?y  order  of  Major-rieneral  At.exandek  Shai.ek, 

J.  hf:nry  liebenau, 

Col..  B' r1  Briy.-dtn'l,  Div.  Inxp.  mid  Act' g  Chief  of  Stuff. 
Official : 


Aide-de-Camp. 


al.  Or,l,rs,  \ 
k'o.  6'.  / 


HKAU-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y 

New  York,  May  4fh,  1874. 

(li'iteiul  Orilc 
Xo 

I. — Upon  a  review  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Court  Martial,  con- 
vened by  General  (Jrders,  No.  8,  c.  s.,  from  these  Head-Quarters, 
the  Division  Commander  desires  to  compliment  the  Court  upon  the 
prompt  dispatch  of  the  business  before  it,  the  general  goc^d  judg- 
ment evinced  by  its  decisions,  and  the  admirable  shape  in  wiiuli  the 
record  was  made  up  and  forwarded.  In  the  following  named  cases, 
however,  the  reviewing  officer  deems  it  his  duty  to  dissent  frimi  the 
opinions  and  rulings  of  the  Court,  and  the  proceedings  in  these  cases 
are  therefore  disapproved  :  — 

In  the  cases  of  Colonels  Clark  and  Porter,  where  the 
Court  held  "  that  it  has  no  jurisdiction,"  and  "  cannot  pass  upon 
"  cliai-ges  against  its  own  members,"  the  fact  is  seemingly  lost 
sight  of  that  this  Court  was  appointed  under  the  provisions  of 
Section  2o5,  Military  Code,  for  the  special  purpose  of  passing 
upon  delinquencies  of  all  oj/icerx  returned  for  absence  from  pn- 
rades,  etc.,  and  therefore  it  was  entirely  competent  for  a  majority 
of  the  ('ourt  to  pass  upon  such  a  delin(|uency  of  one  of  its  mem- 
bers. The  result,  cerlainly  not  contemplated  by  the  law,  wovild 
otherwise,  as  in  these  cases,  be,  that  an  officer  detailed  upon 
such  (Jourts,  would  be  exempted  from  the  operations  of  the  Sec- 
tion referred  to. 

11. — The  proceedings,  findings  and  sentences  in  all  cases  not  here- 
inabove referred  to,  are  hereby  confirmed,  and  the  Court  Martial  of 
which  Ciilouel  Emmons  Clark  is  President,  is  hereby  dissolved. 

By  iii'der  of  Major-General  Alkxandkr  Sualer, 

.).    HKNRY    LIEliENAU, 

Col.,  JJ'rt.  Bri(j.-Genn,  l)iv.  In.'ip.  and  Act' y  Chief  of  Stuff. 


Offic-iaJh^ 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 
New  York,  May  11th,  1874. 

General  Orders,  \ 
No.  9.  / 

I. — This  Division  will  parade  for  review  by  his  Excellencj-,   the 
Commander-in-Chief,  on  Wednesday,  (he  27rh  instant. 
II. — Line  will  be  formed  as  follows  : 

Separate  Troop  and  Washington  Greys  Cavalry,  in  the  order 
named,  on  the  west  side  of  Fifth  Avenue,  right  resting  on  28th 
street. 

Third  Brigade,  on  the  west  side  of  Fifth  Avenue,  righi  resting 
on  29th  street. 

Battei-y  "15,"  (in  column  of  sections)  on  34th  street,  between 
Fifth  and  Madison  Avenues,  head  of  column  on  Fifth  Avenue. 

First  Brigade,  on  the  east  side  of  Madison  Avenue,  right  rest- 
ing on  34th  street. 

Battery  "  K,"  (in  column  of  sections)  on  oOtli  street,  between 
Fifth  and  Madison  Avenues,  head  of  column  on  Madison  Avenue. 

Second  Brigade,  on  the  east  side  of  Madison  Avenue,  right 
resting  on  30th  street. 

Thiid  Regiment  Cavalry,  on  the  east  side  of  Madison  Avenue, 
right  resting  on  26th  street. 

Should  the  ground  prescribed  for,  either  of  the  organizations 
be  insufficient,  the  left  will  be  formed  upon  any  of  the  contigu- 
ous streets  (between  Fifth  and  Madison  Avenues)  not  occupied 
by  other  organizations. 

III. — The  column  will  march  in  the  or<ler  above  named  at  four 
o'clock  r.  31.,  and  the  line  of  march  will  be  down  Fifth  Avenue  to 
the  point  of  review  which  will  be  announced  hereafter. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alex.a.xder  Siialer, 

J.    HENRY    LIEBENAU, 
CoL,  B'vt.  Brig.-Gen^l,  Div.  Insp.  and  AcVg  Chief  of  Staff. 

Official:  /       / 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,   N.   G.   S.   N.   Y. 

New  York,  June  20,  1874. 


Gknkral  Orders  } 
No.   10.  ( 


I. — In  celebration  of  the  Ninety-eighth  Anniversary  of  the  National  Indepen- 
dence, this  command  will  parade  on  the  4th  proximo,  for  review. 

II. — The  several  organizations  will  be  formed  in  line  on  the  east  side  of 
Broadway  in  the  following  order  : 

Separate  Troop. 

First  Troop  Washington  Greys. 

Third  Brigade. 

Battery  "  B,"  in  column  of  pieces. 

First  Brigade. 

Battery   "  K,"  in  column  of  pieces. 

Second  Brigade. 

Third  Regiment  Cavalry. 

The  left  of  the  First  Brigade  will  rest  on  Broome  Street,  the  remaining  organi- 
zations will  be  formed  upon  it,  in  the  order  above  specified,  at  eight  o'clock,  A.  M., 
and  the  commanding  officers  will  report  to  the  Chief  of  Staff,  at  the  corner  of 
Prince  Street  and  Broadway,  when  their  commands  are  in  position. 

III. —  The  route  of  march  and  point  of  review  will  be  announced  hereafter. 
By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler, 

CARL  JUSSEN, 

Lieut. -Col.,  Q.  M.  and  A.  A.  A.  G. 
Official  : 


Lt.-Col.  and  A.   A.   D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  June  30,  1874. 
General   Orders,  \ 
No.   11.  ] 

I. — His  Excellency  the  President  of  the  United  States,  is  expected 
to  review  this  command  on  the  occasion  of  the  parade  ordered  for 
the  4th  proximo. 

II. — The  route  of  inarch  will  be  up  Broadway',  to  and  through 
14th  street,  to  and  up  Fifth  avenue  to  Madison  Srpiare,  where  the 
point  of  review  will  be  established. 

III. — After  passing  in  review  the  column  will  be  dismissed  at  27th 
street,  through  which  the  various  organizations  will  march  to  the 
east  or  west  according  to  the  location  of  their  respective  armories. 
Organization  whose  armories  are  located  above  that  street  may  con- 
tinue up  Fifth  avenue. 

IV.— The  streets  and  avenues  named  in  General  Orders  No.  10, 
c.  s.,  from  these  Head-quarters,  and  in  this  order,  are  designated  as 
tlie  division  parade  ground  for  the  day. 

V. — I'he  commanding  officer  of  Battery  "  K  "  will  cause  a  national 
salute  to  be  tired  at  meridian,  on  the  Battery. 

By  order  of  .Major-General  Alkxaxdkr  Shalku. 

CARL  .JUSSEN, 
Lieut.-CoL,   Q.  M.  and  A.  A.  A.   G. 

Official : 


Lieut.- Col.  and  A.  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUAUTEUS  FIRST  DIVISION,   N.  (J.  S.  N.  Y' 

Nrw  York,  Octolipi-  8,   1S74. 
Gcnrral    Orders,  '] 
No.    12.  )■ 

The  following  appoiiidnenfs  on  the  staff  of  the  Miijov-(!eiu'r;il  ("om- 
nianding  are  announced  to  take  effect  from  the  Qth  instant  : 

Lieutennnt-Colonel  Henry  A.  Gildersleeve,  I'itli  Regiment  Infan- 
try, N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  (formerly  U.  S.  Vols.)  to  he  Assistant 
Adjutant-General  and  Chief  of  Staff,  with  (he  rank  <if  ("olonel. 
ricr  (^hesebrough  resigucd. 

Lieutenant-(\)l(incl  (\nl  .lussen,  Qu  irteriiiaster.  to  lie  Division 
Inspector  with  ihe  rank  of  Colonel,  rice.  Lielienau  resigneil. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Cornelius  15.  Mitchell.  Oidnaiice  Officer,  I(j 
be  Division  Inspector  of  Rifle  Practice  with  the  rank  nf  iaeii- 
tenant-Colonel,  original  vacancy. 

Major  John  D.  Probst,  Aide-de-camp,  to  be  Onlnance  Oflicer  with 
the  rank  of  Lieutenant-Colonel,  vice  Mitchell  ajipoiiitcd  Divi- 
sion Inspector  of  Rifle  Practice. 

Captain  Henry  H.  Parker,  Aide-de-camp,  to  lie  Aide-de-cainii 
with  the  rank  of  Majoi',  riee  Probst  apiiointed  Onlnance 
Officer. 

Augustus  Belknap,  .Ir.,  (late  Captain  and  ih-evet  .Major  Li.  S. 
Vols.)  to  be  Aide-de-camp  with  tlie  rank  of  Captain,  (vrr  Parker 
apjioiiited  Aide-de-camp  with  rank  of  Major. 

Tliey  will  be  olieyed  ami  respected  accordingly. 
liy  order  of  .Major-General   A  r,|-,\Axi)i:it  Siiai.ki;. 


Official 


CARL  .irSSKX. 
Uenl.-Col.,    Q.    .][.   „N,l  ,[.  A.  A.    G. 


Lient.-Col.  and  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  November  5,   1874. 
General  Orders,  ) 
No.   IS.  I 

The  following  appointment  on  the  Staff  of  the  Major-General  Com- 
manding is  announced  to  take  effect  from  this  date  : 

Geokge  W.  Van  Slyck  (late  Major  and  Brevet  Lieut. -Colonel 
U.  S.  Vols.),  to  he  Quartermaster  with  the  rank  of  Lieut. -Colo- 
nel, vice  Jf.ssen  appointed  Division  Inspector. 

He  Mill  he  obeyed  and  respected  accoi-dingly. 
By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler, 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  G.  and  Chief  of  Stuff. 


HKAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,   N.  G.  S.  N.  V. 

New  York,  November  7,  1874. 
Gi'tifral   Orders,  \ 
No.    U.  I 

The  following  appointments  on  the  Staff  of  the  Major-General  Coni- 
manding  are  hereby  announced  to  take  effect  from  this  date  : 

Captain  Aufarstrs  Belknap,  Jr.,  to  be  Aide-de-Camp  with  the 
rank  of  Major,  vice  .Jt'.ssEN  appointed  Quartermaster. 

Charles  A.  Post  (formerly  Lieutenant  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.)  to  ho 
Aide-de-CaiTip  with  the  rank  of  Captain,  vice  Belknap  appoint- 
ed Major  and  Aide-de-Camp. 

They  will  be  obeyed  and  respected  accordingly. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler, 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel.  A.  A.  G.  and  Chief  of  Staff. 

Officia 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  November  11,  1874. 
General  Orders,  \ 
No.  15.  I 

The  Major-General  Commanding  having  been  granted  a  leave  of 
absence,  Brigadier-General  Joshua  M.  Varian,  Third  Brigade,  will 
assume  command  of  the  Division  from  the  12th  instant. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler, 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  G.  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


HEAD-QUAKTEHS   FIRST  DlVrslON.   N.  (i.  S.  N.  Y. 

Nfw   VciHK,    Noveinbei-   I'J,    1S74. 
General   Orders,  ) 
No.   16.  ( 

I.  In  compliance  with  General  Ortlers  No.  U>,  c.  s.,  fi-oiu  tlicve 
Hea<l-(|uarters,  the  undersigned  hereby  assumes  command. 

II.  Official  papers  and  correspondence  will  lie  aiMresscd  as  liereto- 
fore. 

HI.  The  Brigadier-Geuer.al  Connnunding  aiiiiounces  that  he  will  lie 
found  by  all  officers  of  tlie  Division  desiring  a  personal  interview,  at 
the  armory  of  tlie  8th  Regiment,  N.  (i.  S.  N.  V.,  23d  street,  between 
7th  and  8th  avenues,  on  Monday  evening  of  eacli  week. 

.I()8[III,\    M.    V.\I{1.\X. 

Bri</(i<li<r-GeriertiL 


Official  : 


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HEAD-QUARTEPtS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  8.  N.  Y. 
New  Yoric,  May  22,   1874. 
Circular  Nn.  1. 

I.  The  point,  of  review  fov  the  paratle  ordered  by  General  Orders 
No.  9,  c.  s.,  from  these  Head-Quarters,  will  be  established  at  the 
Fifth  avenue  entrance  to  Washington  Square. 

II.  In  passing  in  review  the  "general  rules  for  review"  so  far  as 
applicable,  will  be  observed,  and  particular  attention  is  directed  to 
Paragraphs  770  and  77B,  Upton's  Revised  Infantry  Tactics. 

III.  After  passing  in  review  the  column  will  be  dismissed,  and  up- 
on leaving  the  square  the  several  organizations  will  turn  to  the  right 
if  their  armories  are  located  West,  and  to  the  left  if  located  East  of 
Fifth  Avenue. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler, 

J.    HENRY   LIEBENAU, 

CoL,  B'rt.  Brii/.-tieii'l,  Dir.  Iiifip.  and  AcCg  Chief  i>f  Staff. 


HP]AD-QUARTEKS  FIRST  DIVISION,   N.  (i.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,   December  IT.   1874. 
Circnhn-  No.  2. 

Delinquencies  and  delays  in  turwaiding  j'eturns  and  repin-t.s  have 
become  so  numerous  and  aggravated,  as  to  make  it  necessary  to  call 
the  attention  of  Commandants  to  their  neglect  in  respect  to  the  sanu'. 
and  to  the  penalties  attached  thereto. 

Commanding  Officers  are  also  reminded  that  the  interests  of  (he 
members  of  their  several  organizations  are  seriously  prejudiced  by 
sucii  plain  omissions  of  duty. 

Those  who  have  not  CDUiplied  with  the  requirements  of  General 
Orders  No.  o,  series  1870,  from  these  Heail-quarters,  in  respect  to 
returns  to  the  Commissioner  ot  .Jurors,  will  do  so  at  once;  and  all 
reports  and  returns  now  due  from  Commandants  of  Brigades  will  be 
forwarded  witliout  further  delay. 

It  is  confidently  hojjcd  that  the  several  officers  of  the  Division  who 
have  made  the  issuing  of  tliis  circular  necessary,  need  only  to  be  put 
in  mind  of  their  duty  to  secure  its  diligent  performance 

By  order  of  Brigadier-General  .Joshua  M.  Vaiu.vx,  Commanding. 

iii:nry  a.  gildersleeve. 

Colonel  A.  A.  G.  and  Vlnrf  of  SUiff. 
Official  : 


Col.  and  Act'c/  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  Youk,  Maich  11,   1875. 
General   Orders,  \ 

No.  1.       ;■ 

Tlie  Major-General  having  reported  for  duty  from  leave  of  absence, 
hereby'  resumes  the  command  of  the  Division. 

Brigadiei'-General  Joishia  M.  Vauian,  3d  Brigade,  and  Colonel 
Eji.mon.s  Ci-AKK,  7th  Regiment,  will  at  once  resume  their  proper  com- 
manils. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexaxdkr  Sualeh. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  G.  and  Chief  of  Staff. 
Otticial : 


■A>^ 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  Yokk,  March  13,  1875. 
General  Orders,  \ 
No.  2.  J 

Pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  Section  235  of  the  Military  Code,  a 
Court  Martial  is  hereby  ordered  to  pass  upon  the  delinquencies  of 
Officers  "  absent  from  any  parade,  encampment,  drill,  or  meeting 
for  instruction,"  during  the  year  1874,  held  pursuant  to  Orders 
from  these  Head-quarters. 

Detail  for  the  Court. 
Brigadier-General  William^.  Ward,  1st  Brigade. 
Colonel  Edward  Gilon,  55th  Regiment. 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Peter  Kraeger,  5tli  Regiment. 
The  Court  will  assemble  at  the  "Rendezvous,"   Nos.  7,  9  and  11 
West  13th  Street,  on  Thursday,  April  8th  next,  at  8  o'clock  p.  m. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  G.  and  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official : 


Col.  and  Act'g  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

Nkw  Yokk,  June  4,   1875. 
General  Orders,  1 
No.  3.  i 

I. — Pursiuant  to  orders  from  General  Head-Quarters  under  date 
of  the  1st  instant,  the  infantry  and  cavalry  organizations  of  this 
command  will  engage  in  rifle  practice  at  Creednioor,  as  follows : 

1st. — Two  companies  from  each  of  the  regiments  composing 
the  Third  Brigade  will  practice  on  the  14th,  17th,  18tb,  21st, 
and   24th   instant,   except   the  Seventh   Regiment   companies, 
which  are  excused  from  practice  on  the  17th  and  18th  instant. 
2d. — Tliree  companies  of  the  Third  Regiment  cavalry  will 
practice  on    the  17th   and    18th    instant,   and   the   remaining 
companies  of  tliat  regiment,  together  with  the  Separate  Troop 
of   cavalry,   the  First  Troop   Washington  Greys,   and  the  re- 
maining companies   of  the   Seventh    Kegiment    Infantry,   will 
practice  on  the  25th  instant. 
II. — The  dates  for  the  practice  of  the   regiments   composing  the 
First  and  Second  Brigades  will  be  announced  in  subsequent  orders. 

III. — Transportation,  ammunition  and  scoring  tickets  for  the  prac- 
tice herein  ordered,  will  be  furnished  by  Brigadier-General  Kii.iURX 
Kxo.x,  Chief  of  Ordnance  and  Acting  Quartermaster-General,  S.  N. 
v.,  through  tlie  Inspectors  of  Rifle  Practice,  upon  requisitions  in 
duplicate. 

IV. — The  troops  will  leave  Hunter's  Point  not  later  than  9.oO,  a. 
M.,  on  the  days  named,  but  will  return  as  soon  as  the  practice  is 
concluded,  at  an  hour  to  lie  designated  by  the  commanding  oflficers 
respectively. 

V. — The  practice  will  be  conducted  in  conformity  with  the  pro- 
visions of  (Jircular  No.  1,  c.  s.,  from  the  office  of  tiie  General  In- 
spector of  Rifle  Practice  and  the  rules  of  the  National  Rifle  Associa- 
tion, and  be  supervised  by  the  Division,  Brigade,  and  Kegimental 
Inspectors  of  Rifle  Practice. 

VI. — The  practice  for  the  "  Marksman's  Badge,"  as  provided  for 
in  the  Circular  above  quoted,  by  the  officers  and  members  of  the 
Third  Brigade,  will  take  place  on  the  18th  and  2oth   instant,  at  8:30. 


p.  M.,  and  be  supervised  by  the  Brigade  Inspector  of  Rifle  Practice. 
Any  officer  or  member  of  the  brigade  who  has  been  reported  to  the 
Brigade  Inspector  of  Rifie  Pi'actice,  on  or  prior  to  the  days  of  prac- 
tice, as  competent,  will  be  admitted  to  these  competitions  without 
preliminary  practice. 

VII. — Colonel  Cari,  .Tusskx,  Division  Inspector,  is  announced  as 
Acting  Chief  of  Statf,  and  Major  Henry  H.  Parker,  A.  D.  C,  as 
Division  Inspector  of  Rifle  Practice,  during  the  absence  on  leave  of 
Colonel  Henry  xV.  Giloersleeve,  Chief  of  Staff",  and  Lieutenant- 
(Jolonel  Cornelius  B.  Mitchell,  Division  Inspector  of  Rifle  Practice, 
who  accompany  the  Team  of  American  Riflemen  to  Ireland,  the 
former  as  Captain  of  the  Team  and  the  latter  as  Referee  in  the  In- 
ternational jNIatch,  which  takes  place  near  Dublin,  Ireland,  on  the 
23th  instant. 

By  order  of  Major-Gcneral  Alexander  Shaler. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  G.  and  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official : 


Col.  and  Act' g  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  June  16,  1875. 
General  Orders,  ") 
No.  4.  J 

I. — This  command  will  parade  in  celebration  of  the  Ninety-ninth 
Anniversary  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence  of  the  United  States 
and  for  review  by  His  Honor  the  Mayor  of  the  City  on  the  4th  prox- 
imo. 

II. — The  troops  will  be  formed  in  close  columns,  the  head  of  eacli 
column  resting  on  Fifth  avenue,  as  follows  : 

Separate  Troop  Cavalry,  in  line,  on  Fifth  avenue,  between  'lod 

and  22d  streets. 
Third  Brigade  on  West  22d  street. 
Battery  "  B"  on  West  21st  street. 
First  Troop  Washington  Greys  on  East  21st  street. 
First  Brigade  on  West  20th  street. 
Battei-y  "  K'"  on  East  20th  street. 
Thii'd  Regiment  Cavalry  on  East  19th  street. 
Second  Brigade  on  West  19th  street. 

111.— The  Division  will  march  in  the  order  of  formation,  at  eight 
o'clock,  A.  M.,  and  the  route  of  march  will  be  down  Fifth  avenue  and 
South  Fiftii  avenue,  to  and  through  Canal  street,  to  and  up  Broadway 
to  the  point  of  review,  on  the  Plaza  at  Union  Square.  The  column 
will  de  dismissed  at  17th  street  and  Fourth  avenue. 

IV. — The  Division  Staff  will  assemble  at  the  "Rendezvous."  at 
7:1")  o'clock,  A.  M.,  mounted  and  in  full  uniform. 

V. — The  Commanding  Officer  of  Battery  "B"  will  cause  a 
national  salute  to  be  fired  on  the  Battery  at  meridian. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

CARL  JUSSEN, 
Colonel,  A.  A.  A.  Gen' I,  and  AcCy  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official : 


Col.  and  Acfg  A.  D.  C. 


H?:AD-QUAUTEKS   first  division.   N.  (i.  S.  X.  Y. 

Nkw   Yni;K',   .lime  -MK    IBT-"). 
General   Orders,  \ 
Ao.   f,.  t 

I.. — The  proceedings,  finiliiigs  and  sentenees  of  llie  Court  Miirtirtl 
convened  liy  (Jenevul  Onlers,  No.  '1.  c.  s..  f'roiTi  these  Ilend-Qiiafters, 
with  the  exception  of  the  line  of  tive  dolhus  iiuposed  on  Captain 
J(  Liis  Wii.i.ixti,  Flftli  Keginient  Infantry,  whicli  is  remitted  jmrsuanl 
to  tlie  reconiiueiidation  of  the  Court,  are  liereby  apjiroved  and  con- 
firmed. 

11. — The  Cotirt  Martial  (d'  wliicli  nrigadier-Geiieral  Wii.mam  (i. 
Waki)  i.s  President  is  hereby  ilissolved. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Ai.k,xani>ku  Siialkr. 

CARL  .Jl'SSKN. 

Colonel,  A.  A.  A.  Gen' I,  and  Act' <j  ChifJ  uf  Slaf. 

Official : 


Col.  and  Act  g  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  August  2,  1875. 
General  Orders,  \ 

No.  6.  J 

I. — In  conformity  with  General  Orders.  No.  2,  c.  s.,  from  General 
Head-Quarters,  the  First  and  Sixth  Regiments  Infantry  will  l)e  imme- 
diately mustered  out  of  the  service. 

II. — The  Commanding  Officers  of  the  Second  and  Third  Brigades 
will  cause  the  organizations  referred  to,  to  be  assembled  for  muster- 
out  as  soon  as  practicable,  will  designate  the  musteiing  officer  and 
report  to  these  Head-Quarters  upon  the  completion  of  the  disband- 
ment. 

III. — The  attention  of  the  Commissioned  Officers  rendered  super- 
numerary is  hereby  directed  to  Sec.  24,  M.  C. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

CARL  JUSSEN, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  A.  Geril,  and  AcC<j  Chief  of  Staf 

Official : 


Col.  and  AcC g  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS   FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  August  27,   1875. 
General  Orders,  \ 
No.  7.  J 

The  orjranizatious  of  this  Division  will  proceed  to  Creedmoor  for 
further  rifle  practice  in  accordance  with  instructions  from  General 
Head-Quarters,  and  with  the  circulars  from  the  office  of  the  General 
Inspector  of  Rifle  Practice,  as  follows  : 

I. — The  cavalry'  organizations  on  Friday,  the  3d  proximo.  The 
practice  will  be  in  the  od  and  2d  Class,  and  if  time  permits,  in  the 
1st  Class,  and  for  the  Marksman's  Badge. 

11.— -The  members  of  tlie  infantry  organizations  who  have  not  passed 
to  the  2d  and  1st  Classes,  as  follows  : 

8d  Brigade,   on   Monday,   (Uli   proximo. 

2d         "  •'    Friday".    10th 

1st         "  "    Monday,  13th      '■ 

III. — The  members  of  the  infantry  organizations  who  have  not 
passed  to  the  1st  Class,  nor  qualified  to  compete  for  the  Marksman's 
Badge,  as  follows : 

3d  Brigade,   on  Friday,    17th   proximo. 

2d         "  "    Monday,  2()th 

1st        "  "    Friday',  24th 

IV. — All  the  details  in  reference  to  transportation  and  to  the  prac- 
tice will  be  observed  as  heretofore  prescribed  in  orders  ami  circulars 
from  General  Head-Quarters. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

CARL  JUSSEN, 
Colonel,  A.  A.  A.  Gen' I,  and  Act ij  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official : 


Col.  and  AcC g  A.  JJ.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  September  27,  1875. 
General  Orders,  "I 
AV.  S.  ( 

I. — This   Division  will   pai-ade  for  review  liy  His  Excellency  the 
Commander-in-chief,   on  the  13th  proximo. 

II. — Line  will  be  formed  at  o  o'clock,  p.  m.,  on  the  east  side  of 
Fifth  Avenue  in  the  following  order : 

Third  Brigade. 

First  Brigade. 

Second  Brigade. 

Battery  "  B,"  in  column  of  pieces. 

Battery  "  K,"  in  column  of  pieces. 

Separate  Troop. 

First  Troop  Washington  Greys, 
the  right  of  the  line  resting  on  3')th  street. 

III. — The  point  of  review  will  be  established  at  the  Worth  monu- 
ment, and  the  column  will  be  dismissed  after  passing  in  review. 

IV.  The  provisions  of  Circular  No.  2,  from  these  Head-Quarters, 
dated  July  1874,  will  be  observed  in  so  far  as  applicable. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  G.  and  Chief  of  Staff. 

Othcial : 


Col.  and  Ac( g  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS   FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  December  '2Q,   187"). 
General  Orders,  ) 
No.  10.         J 

I. — In  compliance  with  General  Orders,  No.  81,  current  series,  from 
General  Head-Quarters,  the  following  disbandments  and  transfers  are 
hereby  announced  . 

1st.— The  Fifty-fifth,  Seventy-ninth,  Eighty-fourth  and 
Ninety-sixth  Regiments  Infantry  are  disbanded,  and  the  of- 
ficers thereof  rendered  supernumerary. 

2d. — The  Fifth  Regiment  Intantiy  is  transferred  to  the 
First  Brigade. 

8d. — The  Ninth  and  Seventy-first  Regiments  Infantry  are 
transferred  to  the  Second  Brigade. 

4th.— The  Sixty-ninth  Regiment  Infantry  is  transferred 
to  the  Third  Brigade. 

II.— In  the  disbandment  of  the  Fifty-fifth,  Seventy-ninth,  Eighty- 
fourth  and  Ninety-sixth  Regiments  Infantry  (with  which  the  Com- 
manding Officers  of  the  several  Brigades  of  wliich  they  now  form  a 
part,  are  respectively  charged),  the  detailed  instructions  contained  in 
General  Orders,  No.  14,  series  of  1808,  from  General  Head-Quarters, 
will  be  strictly  complied  with. 

III. — Upon  the  receipt  of  this  order,  the  Commanding  Officers  of 
the  several  organizations  transferred  will  immediately  report  in  wri 
ting,  to  the  Commanding  Oflicers  of  tlie  Brigades  to  which  they  are 
transferred. 

IV. — The  Commanding  Officers  of  the  several  Brigades  will  upon 
receipt  of  this  order  transmit  tiie  retained  copies  of  "the  muster  and 
inspection  rolls  and  the  last  (juarferly  return,  of  the  organizations 
transferred  from  their  respective  Brigades,  to  the  (Commanding  Offi- 
cers of  the  Brigades  to  which  they  are  transferred,  with  such  other  offi- 
cial papers  pertaining  to  the  same  which  may  remain  to  be  acted  on. 

V. — The  attention  of  all  officers  rendered  supernumerary  hereby 
is  directed  to  Section  24,  Military  Code. 

VI. — Upon  the  completion  of  the  disbandments  (which  will  be  pro- 
ceeded with  without  delay)  and  of  the  transfers  ordered  respectively, 
the  several  Brigade  Commanders  will  make  report  thereof  in  writing 
to  these  Head-(juarters. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shai,eh. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  G.  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,   N.  G.  S.   N.  Y. 

Nkw  Yokk,  August  SOih,  ]87.1i. 

Cifcular  .\'o.    1. 

The  members  of  the  infantry  organizations  of  the  Division  now  in  the  first 
class,  or  who  may  be  certified  to  as  qualified  to  compete  for  the  Marksman's 
Badge,  will  practice  on  Tuesday,  the  7th  proximo. 

The  practice  ordered  in  paragraph  III,  General  Orders,  No.  7,  C.  S.,  from 
these  Head-quarters,  will  be  postponed  until  further  orders  ;  and  that  ordered 
in  paragraph  II,  of  the  same  order,  will  take  place  on  the  days  named  for  the 
brigades  respectively,  in  paragraphs  II  and  III  ;  one  half  of  the  companies  of 
each  regiment  practicing  on  the  first,  and  the  remaining  half  on  the  second  day 
named. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler, 

CARL  JUSSEN, 

Co/one/,  and .4.  A.  .7.  O'. 
Official  : 


.and  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 
New  Yobk,  December  20,  1875. 
Circular. 

It  IS  desirable  that  all  organizations  of  this  Divisions  intending  to 
participate  in  the  Centennial  Ceremonies  at  Philadelphia  next  year, 
should  report  such  intention  to  these  Head  Quarters  as  soon  as  practi- 
cable, designating  the  pi-oposed  time  of  departure  from  this  city  and 
length  of  stay  there. 

The  Major-Geueral  commanding  is  in  communication  with  the  au- 
thorities on  this  subject,  and  will  give  the  matter  of  aiding  such 
organizations  in  the  furtherance  of  that  intention,  his  personal 
attention. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexa.vder  Shalkr. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel  A.  A.  G.  and  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official : 


Col.  and  Acfg  A.  D.  C. 


;ri\«i.IK.OA':; 


V>  -i'ih-ir 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 
New  York,  March  21,  1876. 
General  Orders,  \ 
Ao.   1.  J 

I.  The  following  appointments  on  the  staff  of  the  Majoi'-General 
(Vjnimanding  are  announced  to  take  effect  from  the  27th  instant  : 

Alvanus  W.  SiiKLUoN  (formerly  U.  S.  Vols.),  to  be  Judge  Advo- 
cate with  the  rank  of  Colonel,  vice  Fowler  resigned. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  CoRXEi.irs  B.  Mitchell,  Inspector  of  Rifle 
Practice,  to  be  Chief  of  Artillery  with  the  rank  of  Colonel, 
vice  Teller  resigned. 

WiLLARi)  B.  Farwell  to  be  Inspector  of  I'.ifle  Practice,  vice 
Mitchell  appointed  Chief  of  Artillery. 

Captain  Charles  A.  Post,  Aide-de-Camp,  to  be  Aide-de-Camp 
with  the  rank  of  Major,  vicc  Parkeu  resigned. 

Eli-tah  Alliger  (formerly  U.  S.  Vols.),  to  be  Aide-de-Cainp  with 
the  rank  of  Captain,   vice  Post  appointed  Aide-de-Camp  with 
the  rank  of  Major. 
They  will  be  obeyed  and  respected  accordingly. 

II.  Colonel  Josiaii  Porter,  '22d  Regiment,  is  relieved  from  duty 
as  .Vcting  Chief  of  Artillery,  with  the  thanks  of  the  Major-General 
Commanding  for  the  efficient  service  rendered  in  tliat  position 

By  order  of  Major-Gcneral  Alexander  Shaler. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  G.  and  C kief  of  Staff . 
Official : 


Col.  and  AcC g  A.  I).  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 
New  York,   Maroli  28,  1876. 
(ieneral   Orders,  \ 

No.  2.  J 

I'ursuant  to  Section  2;5-5  of  the  Military  Code,  a  Court  Martial  is 
hereby  ordered  for  the  trial  of  the  officers  in  the  several  brigades 
above  the  rank  of  captain  and  of  all  officers  belonging  to  the  cavalry 
and  artillery  organizations  of  this  division  who  liave  been  returned 
as  "absent  from  any  parade,  encampment,  drill  or  meeting  for  in- 
"  siruction."  held  pursuant  to  orders  during  the  year  1875. 

Detail  kou  the  Court : 
(Jolonel  GEOR(iE  D.  S(;ott,  8th   Ivegiment. 
Lieutenant-Colonel  S.  Van  Renssai.aek  (/Ritgkk,  12th  Regiment. 
Major  Edwin  A.  McAlpine,  71st  Regiment. 
The  Court  will  assemble  at  the  "  Rendezvous,"   Nos.  7,  '■)  and  11 
West  13th  street,  on  THtrRsuAv,  April  20th  next,  at  8  o'clock,  v.  m. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  G.  and  Chief  of  Staff. 

Official : 


Col.  and  .Act'g  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DR^SION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 
New  Ycirk,  May  (J,  187(5. 
General  Orders,  \ 

No.  3.  i 

I. — Tlie  Iiit'iintn'  and  Cavalrv  organizations  of  this  Cdiniiiaml  will 
engage  in  I'ifle  practice  at  Creedmoor,  as  follows  : 

For  the  Marksman's  Badoe. 

By  all  meniber.s  who  are  now  ^larksmen  and  those  who  are  in 
the  First  Class. 
(H'  the  Infantry  organizations,  on  the  loth  instant. 
Of  the  Cavalry  "  ••       19th 

For  Third  Class  Practice. 

Thii'd  Brigade,  on  the  2'2d  instant  and  9th  and  22d  proximo. 
Second     '•  '■      29th      "         "     12th  and  23d       '• 

First  '•  '•       2d.  loth,  and  26th  proximo. 

Three  companies  of  eacli  regiment  will  practice  on  each  of  the  two 
(hiys  first  named  for  each  brigade,  and  the  remaining  compnnies  on 
the  last  day. 

II. — The  troops  will  leave  Hunter's  Point  on  the  S:.3()  a.  ji.  train, 
and  will  return  as  soon  as  the  practice  is  concludeil,  at  an  hour  to  he 
ilesignated  by  the  commanding  officers  respectively.  Requisitions 
for  transportation,  ammunition,  and  scoring  tickets  must  be  made  on 
the  Chief  of  Ordnance  anil  Acting  Quartermaster  General,  S.  N.  V.. 
through  the  inspectors  of  rifle  practice,  at  least  twenty-four  hoin> 
before  the  time  of  departure. 

III. — The  practice  will  be  conducted  in  conformity  with  the  pro- 
visions of  Circular  No.  3.  c.  s.  from  the  office  of  the  General  Inspector 
of  Rifle  Practice  and  the  rules  of  the  National  Rifle  Association,  and 
will  be  supervised  by  the  Division.  Brigade  and  Regimental  Inspectoi-s 
of  Rifle  Practice. 

By  order  of  Major-General  .Alexander  Sh.\ler. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEKVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  G.  and  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official : 


Col.  and  .■i.ct'g  A.  I).  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  May  IL   187G. 

General  Orders,  \ 
No.  4.  J 

I.     The  following  appointment  on  the  staff  of  the  Major-General 
Commanding  is  announced  to  take  effect  from  this  date  : 

Edgar  Beach  Van  Winkle  (formerly  U.  S.  Vols.)  to  be  Division 
Engineer  with  the  rank  of  Colonel,  vice  Mechan  resigned. 

He  will  be  obeyed  and  respected  accordingly. 
By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Sualer. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  G.  and  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official : 


Col.  and  Acfg  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS   FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  June  22,  1876. 

General  Orders,  \ 
No.  5.  j 

I.  For  the  purpose  of  taking  part  in  the  great  popuhir  demon- 
stration of  the  citizens  of  this  city  on  the  night  of  July  3d,  18715,  in 
celebration  of  the  one  hundredtli  anniversary  of  tlie  Independence 
of  the  United  States,  this  Division  will  parade  on  the  evening  of  that 
day  in  full  uniform. 

II.  The  General,  Field  and  Staff  officers,  the  cavalry  and  officers 
of  the  artillery,  will  parade  dismounted.  The  cavalry  and  artillery 
will  be  armed  witli  sabres  only,  and  will  he  provided  with  torches. 
The  artillery  will  parade  without  guns. 

III.  The  ti-oops  will  form  at  '.)  o'clock,  i'.  m.,  in  close  column,  the 
head  of  each  column  resting  on  Third  Avenue,  facing  east,  as  Ibllows  : 

Third  and  First  Brigades  on  East  22d  street. 
Second  Brigade  on  East  21st  street. 
And  they  will  march  in  the  order  named. 

IV.  The  Major-General  commanding  having  accepted  the  invita- 
tion of  the  General  Committee  on  the  Centennial  Celebration  to  act 
as  Grand  Marshal  of  the  Illuminated  Procession,  Brigadier-General 
Joshua  M.  Vaimax,  3d  F.rigade,  will  on  that  occasion  assume  com- 
mand of  the  Division. 

V.  The  cavalry  and  artillery  organizations  will  report  as  follows  : 
The  Separate  Troop,   to  t!ie  (Jrand  Marshal,  at  the  Rendezvous, 

at  8  o'clock,  r.  m. 

The  First  Ti-oop  Washington  Greys,  to  the  Commanding  Officer  of 
the  Division,  at  22d  street  and  Third  avenue,  at  8:45  o'clock, 

1'.   M. 

Three  Troops  of  the  od  Regiment  Cavalry,  to  the  Commanding 
Officer  Third  Brigade,  at  22d  street  and  Third  avenue,  at 
8:4-")  o'clock,  r.  m. 


Four  Troops  of  tlie  3d  llegimeat  Cavalry,  to  the  Commanding 
Officer  First  Brigade,  at  22d  street,  west  of  Third  avenue, 
at  8:45  o'clocli,  v.  m. 

One  Troop  of  the  3d  llegiment  Cavalry,  and  Batteries  "  B"  and 
"  K,"  to  the  Commanding  Officer  Second  Brigade,  on  21st 
street  and  Third  avenue,  at  8:45  o'clock,  p.  m. 

VI.  The  Commanding  Officer  Battery  "  B,"  will  detail  one  platoon 
to  fire  a  salute  at  midnight,  at  a  point  to  Ije  hereafter  designated. 

VII.  The  Division  Statf  will  report  as  Aids  to  the  Grand  Marshal, 
at  tlie  Rendezvous,  at  8  o'clock,  i>.  m. 

By  order  of  Major-Genei-al  Ai.exanokr  Shalkk. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  G.  and  CInef  of  Staff. 
Official : 


Col.  and  Act'g  A.  JJ.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 
New  York,  July  8,  1876. 
General  Orders,  \ 
No.  6.  J 

I. — The  Cavalry  and  Infantry  organizations  of  this  command  will 
conclude  the  rifle  practice  at  Creedmoor  begun  in  compliance  with 
General  Orders  No.  3,  c.  s.,  from  these  Head-Quarters,  as  follows : 

For  Thiru  Class  Practice. 

One  Battalion  of  the  Third  Regiment  Cavalry  and  tlie  Separate 

Troop  on  the  17th  instant. 
One  Battalion  of  the  Third  Regiment  Cavalry  and  tlie  First  Trooji 

Washington  Greys  on  the  4th  proximo. 
First  Brigade,    one-half  on  the  3d  and   one-lialf  on  the    17th 

proximo. 
Second  Brigade,  one-lialf  on  the   olst  instant  and  one-half  on 

the  14th  proximo. 
Third   Brigade,    one-half  on   the  28th   instant  and  one-half  on 

the  11th  proximo. 

For  Second  Class  Practice  and  the  Mabksman'"s  Badge. 

Third  Regiment  Cavalry,  Separate  Troop  and  First  Troop  Wash- 
ington Greys,  on  the  olst  proximo. 
First  Brigade  on  the  '28th  proximo. 
Second  Brigade  on  the  2"ith  proximo. 
Third  Brigade  on  the  24tli  proximo. 
The  second  class  practice  for  infantry  to  be  at  300  and  400  yards. 

II. — Brigade  Commanders  will  designate  a  field  officer  to  command 
and  detail  a  medical  officer  to  accompany  tlie  detachments  of  their 
commands  upon  each  occasion. 

III. — The  senior  cavalry  officer  present  will  assume  command  ot 
the  cavalry  detachments,  and  the  Commanding  Officer  of  the  Third 
Regiment  Cavalry  will  detail  a  medical  officer  to  accompany  tliem 
upon  each  of  the  days  named  for  cavalry  practice. 

IV. — The  provisions  of  Paragraphs  II  and  III,  General  Orders  No. 
3,  c.  s.,  from  these  Head-Quarters  are  made  applicable  to  this  practice. 

V. — Upon  the  completion  of  each  day's  practice  the  senior  Rifle 
Inspector  present  will  make  a  written  report  to  these  Head-Quarters 
direct,  of  the  service  performed  under  the  provisions  of  this  order, 
which  will  embrace  all  violations  or  evasions  of  prescribed  regulations 
or  orders  governing  rifle  practice,  as  well  as  all  infractions  of  disci- 
pline, with  the  designation  of  the  organization  in  which  they  may 
occur  and  the  name  of  the  officer  in  command  at  the  time. 

By  order,ii£J\Iajor-General  Alexajjder  Shaler. 

^^        J  HENHY  ^GILDERSLEEVE, 

^r  ^y  Cmonel,  A.  A.  G.  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 
New  York,  July  21,  1876. 

General  Orders,  \ 
No.  7.  J 

The  following  appointments  on  the  staff  of  the  Major-General  Com- 
manding are  announced  to  take  effect  from  this  date  : 

John  C.  Barron,  M.  D.,  to  be  Division  Surgeon  with  the  rank 

of  Colonel,  vice  Cheesman  resigned. 
Augustus  G.  Paine  to  be  Division  Quartermaster  with  the  rank 

of  Lieutenant-Colonel,  vice  Van  Sltck  resigned. 

They  will  be  obeyed  and  respected  accordingly. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

HKNRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  G.  and  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official : 


Col.  and  Aci g  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,   August  25,  1876. 
General  Orders,  \ 

No.  S.  \ 

I.  The  proceedings,  findings  and  .sentences  of  the  Court  Martial 
convened  by  General  Orders,  No.  2,  c  s.  from  the.-ie  Head-Quarters, 
are  hereby  approved  and  confirmed. 

II.  The  Court  Martial  of  which  Colonel  George  D.  Scott,  8th 
Regiment,  is  President,  is  hereby  dissolved. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

CARL  JUSSEN, 
Colonel,  Divixion  Impector  and  Acfg  A.  A.  G. 
Official: 


Col.  und  .Act'g  A.  J).  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  YdRiv,  September  15,   187G. 
General   Orders,  \ 
No.  9.  J 

I. — The  following  rules  govei'iiing  tlie  use  of  the  "Plaza"  at  Union 
Square  by  the  National  Giianl,  prescril)ed  by  the  Board  of  Commis- 
sioners of  the  Department  of  Public  Parks,  are  hereby  promulgated 
and  will  in  future  be  strictly  observed  : 

"For  occasions  in  which   .Military  Bodies  auk  to   ise   reckived 
OR  reviewed. 

"  I.— An  application  from  a  Regimental  or  Brigade  commander  of 
'•  the  First  Division  National  Guard  of  the  State  of  New  York,  or  from 
"  the  Major-General  commanding  the  same,  is  to  be  addressed  to  the 
'•  President  of  the  Department  of  Public  Parks,  at  least  twelve  liours 
"  in  advance  of  the  proposed  use  of  the  ground. 

"  II. — A  suflBcient  guard  is  to  be  detailed  to  be  on  the  ground  half 
•'an  hour  before  the  time  fixed  for  the  review,  at  which  time  the 
•'  park-keeper  on  duty  will  turn  over  to  the  officer  of  the  guard  the 
■'  committee  room  (to  be  used  as  a  guard  room),  the  plattijrui,  and  all 
•'  the  ground  to  the  northward  of  it. 

"III. — An  officer  of  the  guard  is  to  be  named  in  the  application, 
"  whose  duty  it  will  be  to  keep  the  ground  for  the  review  clear,  pie- 
•'vent  climbing  on  the  flagstatfs,  ironwork,  railing  or  walls  ;  regu- 
"  late  the  occupation  of  the  platform,  and  who  shall  be  responsible 
••  for  such  fixtures  and  furniture  belonging  to  the  Department  of  Pub- 
'■  lie  Parks  as  are  made  use  of. 

"  General  Rules. 

"I. — No  procession  or  militai-y  column  shall  be  formed  or  halted 
"  on  the  lines  of  railroad. 

"II. — Processions  and  military  columns  approaching  or  leaving  tiie 
'•  Muster  Ground  shall  be  so  divided  and  ordered  that  at  intervals  not 
"exceeding  ten  minutes,  cai-s  waiting  on  the  rails  shall  have  oppor- 
"  tunity  to  cross  the  line  of  march." 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  G.  and  Chief  of  Stuff. 
<)ffia#fil :, 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  Septemher  lU,   1876. 
General  Orders,  ) 
No.   10.  i 

I. — This  Division  will  parade  for  review  by  His  Excellency  the 
Coiuraander-in-Chief,  on  Tuesday,  the  od  proximo. 

II. — Line  will  be  formed  on  Fifth  avenue,  facing  eastward,  in  the 
following  or'ler  from  right  to  left,  the  left  of  the  Second  Brigade  rest- 
ing on  i')od  street : 

The  Separate  Troop. 
The  First  Troop,  Washington  Greys. 
The  Third  Brigade. 
Battery  "  B." 
The  First  Brigade. 
Baitery  "  K." 
The  Second  Brigade. 
The  Third  Regiment  Cavalry. 
The  formation  will  be  completed  at  4  o'clock,  p.  m. 

HI. — The  following  necessary  modifications  of  the  prescribed  forms 
for  review,  will  be  observed  : 

1st.  The  rear  rank  of  the  infantry  will  be  aligned  upon, 
the  cavah-y  rank  against,  and  the  artillery  in  column  of  sec- 
tions, (pieces  in  liattery)  along  the  curb. 

The  distances  between  ranks  will  be  diminished  as  fol- 
lows :  For  the  infantry,  two  yards  from  the  rear  to  the  front 
rank,  two  yards  from  the  front  rank  to  the  line  of  company 
officers,  one  and  three  yards  respectively  from  the  line  of 
company  officers  to  the  croup  of  the  field  officers  and  com- 
mandant's horses. 

The  cavalry  file  closers  will  be  in  rank,  the  chiefs  of  pla- 
toon, troop,  battalion,  and  regimental  commanders,  respect- 
ively, one,  two,  three  and  four  yards  from  head  to  croup 
of  horses,  in  advance  of  the  rank. 

The  chiefs  of  platoon  and  batterj^  commanders,  respect- 
ively, one  and  three  yards  from  muzzle  of  pieces  to  croup  of 
horses,  in  advance. 

The  brigade  commanders  with  their  staffs  and  orderlies 
will  take  post  on  the  right  of  their  respective  brigades  and 
slightly  in  advance  of  the  line  of  regimental  commandants. 
They  will  cause  their  commands  to  salute  upon  the  arrival 
of  the  reviewing  officer  at  a  point  twenty  yards  from  the 
right  of  their  brigades,  and  to  carry  arms  when  the  salute 
is  acknowledged.  The  same  rule  will  govern  the  comman- 
dants of  the  cavalry  and  artillery  organizations  on  the  ap- 
proach of  the  reviewing  officer. 


2d.  When  the  retiewing  officer  has  passed  the  left  of  each 
of  the  organizations  named,  they  will  move  forward  to  the  op- 
posite side  of  the  avenue  and  align,  with  tiie  front  rank  of  the 
infantry  upon,  the  cavalry  rank  against,  and  the  artillery 
in  column  of  sections,  (pieces  in  battery)  along  the  curb. 
The  distances  between  the  ranks  will  be  the  same  as  before. 
The  field  officers  of  the  infantry  organizations  will  take 
post  on  the  right  of  their  regiments. 

The  company  officers,  battalion  and  regimental  comman- 
dants of  the  cavalry  organizations  will  take  post  on  the  right- 
of  their  respective  troops,  battalions  and  regiments.  The 
cavalry  file  closers  will  take  post  one  yard  in  rear  of  the  rank. 
The  artillery  officers  will  take  post  on  the  right  of  their 
respective  batteries. 

When  the  reviewing  officer  has  passed  along  the  rear  and 
cleared  the  right  of  each  of  the  organizations  named,  they 
will  be  formed  in  column  to  pass  in  review. 
IV. — The  line  of  march  will  be  down  Fifth  avenue  to  the  Worth 
monument  where  the  point  of  review  will  be  established. 

V. — Care  will  be  taken  to  observe  the  prescribed  intervals  between 
the  several  organizations,  both  in  the  formation  and  the  passage  in 
in  review.  The  interval  between  the  sepa7-ute  troops  will  be  sixteen 
and  that  between  the  batteries  or  troops  and  adjoining  brigades,  sixty 
yards. 

VI. — .\fter  passing  in  review  the  several  organizations  will  march 
to  their  armories  by  the  shoi-test  available  route,  turning  in  the  proper 
direction  as  soon  as  practicable,  in  order  that  lines  of  travel  may  not 
be  unnecessarily  obstructed. 

VII. — The  division  staff  will  assemble,  mounted  and  in  full  uniform, 
at  the  Rendezvous  (Nos.  7,  9  and  11  west  13th  street),  at  1  oclock, 

p.    M. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexanhkr  Shaler. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  G.  and  Chief  of  Staff. 

Official : 


Col.  and  AcCg  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUAKTERS   FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,   February  20,   1877. 
General  Orders,  \ 

No.  1.      ; 

The  following  appointment  on  the  Staff  of  the  Major-General  Com- 
mnnding,  is  announced  to  take  effect  from  this  date : 

E.   Harrison  Sanford,  to  be  Inspector  of  Rifle  Practice  with 
the  rank  of  Lieutenant  Colonel,  vice  Farwei.f,,  resigned. 

He  will  be  obeyed  and  respected  accordingly. 
By  order  of  Major-General  Alkxandek  Shalek. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  G.  and  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official  : 


Colonel,  and  Act'g  A.  D.  C. 


HEAU-QUAKTKKS   FIRST  DIVISION.  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,   March  :^,  1877. 
General   Orders,  ) 
No.  3.  / 

The  followin<!;  promotion  and  apjiointnients  on  the  staff  of  the  Ma- 
jor-General  Commanding,  are  announced  to  take  effect  from  this  date  : 

Major  AucisTis  Belknai',  A.  D.  C.  to  be  Ordnance  Officer 
with  the  rank  of  Lieutenant-Colonel,  vice  Probst,  resigned. 

Captain  Ei.i.iaii  Allkjer,  A.  D.  C.,  to  be  Aide-de-Canip  with  the 
rank  of  Major. 

First  Lieutenant  .loiix  H.  Andrews.  7th  liegiment,  to  be -Aide- 
de-Canip  with  tlie  rank  of  Captain,  vire  Allkjer.  promoted. 

'I'hey  will  be  obeyed  and  respected  accordingly. 


By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 


HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  G.  and  ainef  of  Staff. 


Official: 


Colonel,  and  Aet'ff  A.  I).  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS   FIRST  DIVISION.  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New   York,   April  7,   1877. 
General   Orders,  \ 
No.  3.  ] 

Pursuant  to  Section  235  of  the  Military  Code,  a  Court  Martial  is 
hereby  ordered  for  the  trial  of  the  officers  in  the  several  brigades 
above  the  rank  of  captain  and  of  all  officers  belonging  to  the  cavalry 
and  artillery  organizations  of  this  division,  who  have  been  returned 
as  "absent  from  any  parade,  encampment,  drill  or  meeting  for  in- 
"  struction."  held  pursuant  to  orders  during  the  year  187fi. 

Dktail  fob  the  Court: 

Colonel  .John  Ward,   12th   Regiment. 
Colonel  .James  Cavanagh,  ()9th  Regiment. 
Colonel  Richard  Vose,  71st  Regiment. 

The  Court  will  assemble  at  the  armory  of  the  12th  Regiment,  Broad- 
way and  45th  street,  on  Thursday,  May  ?)d,  1877,  at  8  o'clock,  p.  m. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  G.  and  Chief  of  Staff. 

Official : 


Colonel,  and  Act' g  A.   D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

Nkw  York,   April  27,   1877. 
General    Orders,  ) 
No.  4.  / 

I. — The  rifle  practice  of  this  Division  at  Creetlnioor,  foi-  the  season 
of  1877.  will  be  conducted  as  follows  : 

1. — The  iirst  practice  for  each  brigade,  and  for  tlie  cavalry 
organizations  as  below  assigned,  will  be  for  the  Marksnians' 
Badge,  by  the  present  marksmen  and  by  all  who  may  be 
certitied  to  be  sufficiently  skilled,  vide  Wingate's  Manual, 
par.  288.  All  who  may  qualify  will  be  exempt  from  further 
practice  during  the  year. 

First  Brigade,  on  May  10. 

Second     '•  "       "     11. 

Third        "  "       "     14. 

Cavalry  organizations,  "       "      18, 

2. — The  second  practice  will  be  for  all  members  in  the 
third  class,  either  by  regiments  or  detachments  as  may 
be  directed  by  the  several  Brigade  Commanders,  upon  the 
following  days  : 

First  Brigade,  on  M.ay  21,  and  June  7  and  22. 

Second    "  ••     "    28,         "  8    "    2-"). 

Third      "  "         31.         "         11     "    28. 

Cavalry  organizations,  on  June  18. 

•S. — The  third  practice  will  be  the  final  practice  for  all 
members  who  may  then  remain  in  the  third  class,  either  l)y 
wings  from  each  regiment  or  otherwise,  as  may  be  deter- 
mined by  the  several  Brigade  Commanders,  upon  the  fol- 
ing  days : 

First  Brigade,  on  August     2  and  17. 

Second     "  "       "  8    "     20. 

Third       "  "       "  ti    "    23. 

Cavalry  organizations,      "       "         18. 

4. — The  fourth  i>ractice  will  be  for  all  members  in  the 
second  class,  and  for  the  Markmans'  Badge  by  all  who  may 
have  qualified  in  the  third  class  but  failed  to  become  first- 
class  shots,  as  follows : 

First  Brigade,   on  August   80. 
Seconil     "  "         "         31. 

Third        "  "        Sept.       8. 

.'). — In  addition  to  the  above,  three  days  are  assigne<l  to 
each  brigade,  which  may,  at  the  option  of  the  Brigade  t^om- 
mander,  be  substituted  for  either  of  the  other  days  assigned 
to  it,  or  be  used  in  addition  to  the  regular  ilays,  if  deemed 
necessary  and  further  time  be  required  for  carrying  out  the 
course  of  practice  determined  upon.  Should  this  option  be 
made  use  of,  timely  notice  must  be  given  to  the  (ieneral  In- 
spector of  Rifle  Practice,  S.  N.  Y.,  the  Chief  of  Ordnance, 
S.  N.  Y.,  ami  the  Superintendent  of  the  ISajige.  The  fol- 
lowing are  the  days  so  assigned : 

First  Brigade,  on  July    9,  and  September  10  ami  17. 

Second     •'  "     "       19,  20  and   28. 

Third        '       18   and    IC.   and    September    14. 


II. — All  members  failing  to  qualify  on  any  day  of  practice,  will  be 
required  to  repeat  the  practice  on  the  same  day  as  often  as  may  be 
necessary  and  practicalile  ;  after  members  have  qualified  in  any  class, 
the  use  of  the  ammunition  issued  by  the  State  for  further  practice  in 
that  class  by  such  members,  is  forbidden. 

III. — On  any  practice  day,  as  soon  as  men  qualify  in  any  class, 
they  will  be  practiced  in  the  next  class,  as  far  as  time  will  permit. 

IV.— Brig:ide  Commanders  will  direct  details  of  scorers  to  be  made 
for  each  regimental  organization  or  detachment,  from  the  other  regi- 
ments of  their  brigades.  They  will  also  issue  the  necessary  orders 
for  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  this  order  without  delay,  a  copy  of 
which,  as  well  as  of  the  regimental  or  troop  orders  issued  in  pursuance 
hereof,  will  be  forwarded  atfonce  to  tlie  Chief  of  Ordnance,  S.  N.  Y.. 
who  has  decided  to  .'.etail  an  officer  of  the  Ordnance  Department  to 
arrange  for  the  transportatiaii  of  the  troops  to  Creednioor,  and  to  is- 
sue the  required  ammunition  upon  the  range.  Requisitions  for  trans- 
portation or  ammunition  are  not  necessary.  Empty  shells  must  be 
turned  in  at  the  magazine  upon  the  range,  on  the  day  when  expended, 
where  tliey  will  be  receipted  for.  They  will  not  be  credited  to  the 
several  organizations  until  received  and  counted  at  the  State  Arsenal. 
V. — Commanding  officers  will  make  the  necessary  details  for  guard 
duty,  and  give  such  instructions  as  will  insure  good  order  and  dis- 
cipfine,  in  going  to,  returning  from  and  while  upon  the  range  ;  which 
insti-uctions  will  embrace  the  control  of  that  part  of  the  range  assign- 
ed to  the  use  of  the  troops  and  prevent  any  interference  with  the 
privileges  of  the  members  of  the  National  Rifle  Association. 

VI.— The  attention  of  Brigade  Inspectors  of  Rifle  Practice  is  called 
to  (Circular,  No.  4,  current  series,  from  the  office  of  the  General   In- 
spector of  Rifle  Practice,  S.  N.  Y.  jp 
VII.— The  following  appointment  on  the  staff  of  the  Major-Genera C^ 
Commanding,  is  announced  to  take  effect  from  this  date : 

John  H.   Isi5mn,  to  be  Aide-de-Camp,  with  tlie  rank  of 
Captain,  vice  Axduews,  failed  to  qualify. 
He  will  be  obeyed  and  respected  accordingly. 

Ry  order  of  Major-General  Ai.kxandku  Shai.kr. 

HI':NRY  a.  GILDERSLHKVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  G.  and  C/nef  <>/  Stnf. 

Official:   ^^^'^r~^>J^/fC:^^ 

Colonel,  rind  AcCg  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,   May  16,  1877. 
General  Orders,  \ 
No.  5.  ] 

I. — -The  Division  will  parade  on  tlie  30th  instant  to  participate  in 
the  ceremonies  of  Decoration  Day,  and  to  escort  the  organizations 
parading  under  the  direction  of  the  Grand  Marshal  of  the  day. 

II. — The  formation  will  be  in  close  column,  the  heads  of  columns 
resting  on  Madison  avenue,  in  tlie  following  order: 

The  Separate  Troop,  on  24th  sti-eet. 

The  First  Troop  Washington  Greys,  on  25th  street. 

The  Third  Brigade,  on  27th  and  28th  streets,  east  and 
west  of  Madison  avenue. 

Battery  "  B,"   on  2'M\\  street,  east  of  Madison  avenue. 

The  First  Brigade,  on  29th  street,  west  of  Madison  ave- 
nue, and  on  30th  street,  east  and 
'west  of  Madison  avenue. 

Battery  "  K,"   on  31st  street,  east  of  Madison  avenue. 

The  Second  Brigade,  on  31st  street,  west  of  Madison 
avenue,  and  on  32d  street,  east 
and  west  of  .Madison  avenue. 

The  Third  Regiment  ("avalry,  on  33d  street,  east  and  west 
of  Madison  avenue,  by  battalions. 
The  troops  will  be  prepared  to  march  at   10  o'clock,  a.  m. 

III. — The  line  of  march  will  be  up  Madison  avenue,  in  the  order 
above  given,  to  and  through  34th  street,  to  and  down  Fifth  avenue, 
to  and  through  14th  street,  to  and  down  Broadway,  to  Chambei's 
street. 

IV. — The  honors  of  a  marching  salute  will  be  paid  to  His  Honor 
the  Mayor  of  the  City,  accompanied  by  the  members  of  the  Common 
Council  and  the  Heads  of  Departments,  at  the  Worth  Monument. 

\'. — Line  will  be  formed  on  Broadway,  the  right  resting  on  Cham- 
bers street,  upon  the  arrival  of  the  head  of  tiie  column  at  that  point, 
for  the  passage  of  the  organiz:itions  under  escort.  The  rules  pre- 
scribed in  tlie  first  section  of  Paragraph  III,  of  General  Orders  No. 
10,  series  187tJ  from  these  Head-Quarlcrs,  will  govern  in  this  forma- 
tion, the  salute  being  given  to  the  Grand  Marshal  upon  approaching 
the  left  of  the  several  organizations  and  in  the  manner  therein  di- 
rected. 


VI. — When  the  rear  of  the  escorted  organizations  has  passed  tlie 
right  of  the  line,  the  Division  will  "break  from  the  right  to  march  to 
the  left,"  by  regiments  ami  proceed  up  Broadway  to  Union  Squ<are, 
where  the  parade  will  be  dismissed.  Organizations  whose  armories 
are  located  south  of  14th  street  may  however,  at  the  option  of  their 
Brigade  or  immediate  Commander,  leave  the  column  upon  its  forma- 
tion or  upon  arriving  opposite  their  armory  locations.  All  organiza- 
tions will  march  to  their  armories  by  the  shortest  available  route, 
turning  in  the  proper  direction  as  soon  as  practicable,  in  order  that 
lines  of  travel  may  not  be  unnecessarily  obstructed. 

VII. — The  Division  Staff  will  assemble,  mounted  and  in  full  uni- 
form, at  the  Rendezvous  (Nos.  7,  9  and  11  West  13th  Street),  at  !• 
o'clock,  A.  M. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Ai.kxaxdkr  Shaler. 


HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEKVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.   G.  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


Colonel,  and  Act'ff  A.  D.  C. 


S.  N.  V. 

1877. 


HEAD-QUARTEHS  FIRST  DlVLSlON.  N.  (i. 

New  Yokk,  .Inly  2;i. 

General   Orders,  \ 

No.  6.  / 

In  obedience  to  orders  from  the  Commander-in-Chief,  this  Division 
will  assemble,  armed  and  fully  equipped,  at  tlie  armories  of  the  several 
organizations,  without  delay. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shalek. 

CARL   JUSSEN, 

Colonel,  Division  fmpector.  and  Artinr/  A.  A.  (,'. 


Official : 


dul   mid  -lr<V/  A.  /I.  C. 


KJ^Y^-^^^^T^^y^r-^^ 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

Nkw  YiiRK,  July  30,  1877. 

General  Orders,  \ 
No.  7.  / 

I.  The  Commander-in-Chief  in  ordering  the  dismissal  of  the 
troops  of  this  Division,  on  the  evening  of  the  27tli  instant,  directed 
that  his  commendation  of  the  promptitude  and  alacrity  with  wliich 
they  responded  to  the  call  to  duty  as  well  as  their  excellent  hebavior 
while  under  arms,  be  communicated  to  them. 

II.  In  transmitting  the  commendations  of  the  Commander-in- 
Chief,  it  is  with  sincere  gratification  that  tlie  Major-General  Com- 
manding adds  his  testimony  to  the  readiness,  obedience  and  patient 
endurance,  so  conspicuously  shown  by  the  officers  and  men  of  the 
Division.  That  a  resort  to  the  weapons  with  whicli  the  troops  are 
armed,  against  their  erring  and  misguided  fellow-citizens,  was  not 
made  necessary,  is  in  itself  an  acknowledgment  of  tlie  well-earned 
reputation  for  efficiency  of  the   National   Guard. 

To  tlie  7th,  12th,  ■i2d,  and  71st  Regiments,  which  were  directed  to 
hold  themselves  in  readiness  to  co-operate  with  the  Police  authorities 
under  the  instructions  of  His  Honor  the  Mayor  (although  owing  to 
tlie  excellent  management  of  the  Police  force,  no  actual  service  was 
i-equired  of  them),  the  Major-General  Commanding  is  requested  to 
convey  the  thanks  of  the  Municipal  authorities  for  the  excellent  spirit 
evinced  on  the  occasion  referred  to. 

Upon  the  8th  and  9th  Regiments  devolved  the  more  arduous 
and  trying  duty  of  aiding  tlie  authorities  in  other  cities  of  the 
State.  Both  organizations  return  with  the  thanks  of  the  officers 
under  whom  they  temporarily  performed  service  and  the  merited 
encomiums  of  their  fellow-citizens. 

The  thanks  of  the  ilajor-General  Commanding  are  tendered  to  the 
members  of  the  Division  Statt'  for  their  prompt  response  to  the  call 
for  duty  and  for  the  zeal  displayed  in  the  discharge  of  it. 

The  untiring  energy  of  the  Division  Inspector  and  .\cting  Chief  of 
Staff  merit  a  special  recognition,  and  it  is  with  great  pleasure  that 
his  efficiency  and  the  value  of  his  ceaseless  labors  are  officially  ac- 
knowledged. 

For  the  facilities  courteously  furnished  at  Division  Head-Qaarters 
for  the  transaction  of  official  business,  by  the  President  and  the  Com- 
missioners of  the  Fire  Depnrtment.  and  the  aid  given  by  their  sub- 
ordinates, the  sincere  thanks  of  tlie  Major-General  Commanding  are 
due  and  hereVjy  tendered. 

liy  order  of  Major-General  .Ai.kxandek  Shaler. 

CARL   .JUSSEN, 
Colonel,  Division  Inspector,  and  Acting  A.  A.  G. 
Official: 


Lt.-Col.  and  Ordnance  Officer. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

Nkw  Youk,  August  10,  1877. 
General  Orders,  I 
No.    S.         ] 

I.     The  following  extract  from  special  orders  from  General  Ilead- 
Quarters  are  hereby  proniulgaled  : 

"The  Commander-in-Cliief  has  had  under  consideration  the 
"appeal  of  Captain  Wilmam  Cusiiixo,  tJUth  Regiment  National 
"Guard,  from  the  sentence  of  a  Court-Martial  convened  ]iur- 
"suanl  to  General  Orders,  No.  2,  Hcad-Quaiters  of  the  Tliinl 
"Brigade  National  Guard,  and  is,  upon  the  recommendation 
"  of  the  Judge  Advocate-General,  to  whom  the  appeal  was 
"referred,  pleased  to  commute  the  same  so  that  Captain 
"CusHiXG  be  publicly  reprimanded  for  the  ofl'ence  for  which 
"  he  was  adjudged  guilty.  *         *         *         -k         ^j         * 

"  Alajor-General  Alexandeu  Shai.ee,  commanding  First 
"  Division,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  is  hereby  charged  with  the°execu- 
"  tion  of  this  order. 

"By  order  of  the  Commandee-ix-Cuief. 

(Signed,)  "FRANKLIN  TOWNSFND. 

"  Adjulard-Gcnrrol." 

II. — It  appears  from  information  received  at  these  Mead-Quarters 
that  the  otfence  of  which  Captain  Cishixg  was  found  guilty,  was 
that  on  two  occasions  he  refused  compliance  with  the  directions  of 
the  regimental  commandant,  communicated  through  the  Adjutant,  to 
make  a  detail  from  his  company  for  the  purpose  of  equalizing  tlie 
companies  of  the  regiment.  In  substituting  the  original  sentence  of 
the  Court  for  the  one  finally  passed  upon  him,  the  previous  excellent 
record  of  Captain  Cusuing  was,  it  appears,  considered  in  mitigation, 
and  under  ordinary  circumstances  tlie  military  authorities  of  the 
State  would  hardly  deem  the  penalty  adequate  to  the  ottence,  for 
without  a  ready  aiul  unquestioning  obedience  to  orders  on  the  i)art 
of  all,  but  more  particularly  on  the  part  of  officers,  the  military  ser- 
vice would  become  valueless  and  impotent.  Tlie  fact  that  the  record 
of  the  accused  was  found  to  be  good  to  the  time  of  the  occurrences 
in  question,  makes  it  the  more  surprising  that  as  an  officer  of  expe- 
rience in  the  National  Guard,  he  could  so  far  forget  his  duty,  the  res- 
pect due  to  his  superior  and  to  his  own  position,  as  to  wilfully  dis- 
obey a  lawful  order. 

If  Captain  Cusiii.ng  shall  by  his  conduct  and  a  strict  observance  of 
that  most  important  rule — implicit  obedience  to  orders— in  the  future 
fail  to  furnish  an  example  worthy  of  imitation  by  his  sutiordi- 
nates,  the  lenity  shown  in  this  case  by  the  Commander-in-Chief  will 
be  deemed  to  have  been  misplaced  and  undeserved.  He  will  resume 
his  sword  and  return  to  duty. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Siialer. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  G.  and  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official: 


Colonrl  and  Act'ff.  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N,  Y. 

New  York,   August  17,   1877. 

General  Orders,  \ 
No.  9.  / 

I.  The  proceedings,  findings  and  sentences  of  the  Court  Martial 
convened  by  General  Orders  No.  o,  c.  s.,  from  these  Head-Quarters, 
are  hereby  approved  and  confirmed,  except  that  in  the  case  of  Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel S.  V.  K.  Cruger,  12th  Regiment,  the  fine  imposed  on 
that  Officer  is  hereby  remitted  in  consideration  of  his  long  service 
faithfully  rendered. 

II.  The  Court- Martial  of  which  Colonel  John  Ward,  12th  Regi- 
ment, is  President,  is  hereby  dissolved. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  G.  and  Chief  of  Staff. 

Official : 


Colonel  and  Acfg.  A.  D.  C 


'"} 


HKAU-QUARTKKS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

Nkw  York,   December  2G,   1877. 
General   Orders 
No.   10. 

The  following  appointments  and  pi'oniotion  on  the  staff'  of  the 
Major-General  Commanding  are  announced  to  take  effect  from  this 
date  : 

Major  Chahles  A.  I'ost,  A.D.C,  to  be  Ordnance  Officer  with  the 
rank  of  Lieutenant-rolonel,  vice  Bei.knap,  resigned. 

Captain  .John  H.  Iselin,  A.D.C,  to  be  Aid-de-Camp  with  the 
rank  of  iMajor,  vice  Post,  appointed  Ordnance  Officer. 

Wm.  DkLancey  Botghton  (formerly  A.D.C,  U.  S.  Vols.),  to  be 
Aid-de-Canip  with  the  rank  of  Captain,  vice  Iselin,  promoted. 

'I'hey  will  be  obeyed  and  respected  accordingly. 
By  order  of  .Major-General   Ar,EXANnER  Shaler. 

Hl'INIlY  A.  GILDERSLEEVK, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  G.  and  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official : 


Colonel  and  Act' <j.  .\.  I).  C. 


HEAD-QUAKTERS   FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

New  York,  June  7,   1877. 
Circular,  Xn.  1. 

Commantliiig  officers  of  troops  practicing  at  Creedmoor  will  instruct 
the  guard  at  the  entrance  to  the  range  that  admission  or  exit  cannot 
be  denied  to  any  member  or  employe  of  the  National  Rifle  Association, 
or  to  any  member  of  the  National  Guard  in  uniform,  he  not  being  a 
member  of  an  organization  practicing  under  orders  at  the  time. 

The  rights  and  privileges  of  members  of  the  National  Rifle  Associa- 
tion desiring  to  use  the  range  must  not  be  disregarded,  but  on  the 
contrary  all  due  facilities  will  be  given  them  which  are  not  incompati- 
ble with  the  safety  of  the  troops  and  the  right  of  the  National  Guard 
to  use  twenty  targets  and  markers,  on  the  days  assigned  to  them. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  G.  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


Col.  and  Act' ff  A.  D.  C. 


6^ 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 
New  York,   August  2,   1877. 


Circular. 


I. — In  obedience  to  the  requirements  of  (Circular  No  2,  c.  s  G.  H. 
Q.,  the  accompanying  pay-rolls  will  be  filled  out  in  triplicate  by  the 
respective  commandants,  and  forwarded  to  the  next  superior  in  com- 
mand without  delay  who  will  examine  the  same  and  compare  them 
with  the  last  muster  rolls  and  the  subsequent  quarterly  returns,  the 
records  and  the  morning  reports  as  made  for  the  period,  and  forward 
them  through  the  regular  channels  to  these  Head-Quarters,  certified 
as  correct. 

11. — Bills  in  triplicate,  certified  to  by  the  proper  staff  officers  and 
countersigned  by  the  comniiindant  of  each  organization,  for  transpor- 
tation, subsistence  and  quarters  of  the  troops,  properly  receipted, 
will  be  forwarded  to  the  next  superior  in  command,  who  will  approve 
the  same  if  found  correct  after  verification,  and  forward  them  through 
the  usual  channels  to  these  Head-Quarters,  the  approval  of  all  inter- 
mediate commanding  oflScers  being  recorded  thereon. 

III. — Promptness  and  accuracy  in  the  rendition  of  these  bills  and 
pay-rolls  is  particularly  enjoined  with  a  view  to  their  early  settle- 
ment. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Ai,kxani)eu  .Shaleu. 


Official :/ 


CARL    .JUSSEN, 
Colonel,  Division  Inspector,  and  Actiuf/  A.  A.  G. 


D.  C. 


HEAD-yUARTERS   FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD  STATE  OF  NEW   YORK, 

155  AND   157  Mkkckr  Sikkkt, 

Nicw  York,  February  5th,  1N7H. 


Gknkrai,  Okdiks,  I 
No.   1.  \ 


I.  Four  drills  in  rifle  practice  in  each  company  and  troop  of  this  Division 
are  hereby  ordered,  as  follows  : 

Two  durino;  the  present  month  if  practicable,  and  two  during  the  month  of 
March  next. 

The  instruction  given  will  be  in  the  position  and  aiming  drill  (VVingate's 
Manual,  Articles  IV  and  V),  and  in  the  use  of  the  indicators,  as  prescrijjed  in 
Circular  No.  3,  series  1<S77,  from  the  Office  of  the  General  Inspector  of  Rillc- 
Practice,  S.  N.  Y. 

Each  one  of  the  drills  may  be  made  a  part  of  any  regular  company  drill,  but 
must  be  of  sufficient  length  to  enable  the  instruction  of  each  member  present. 

II.  Regiments  and  Separate  Troops  which  have  not  been  supplied  with 
indicators,  will  at  once  make  requisition  for  them  ;  such  requisition  to  be  for- 
warded through  Brigade  and  Division  Head-Quarters  in  the  usual   mamicr. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Ai.kxandkr  Shai.kr. 

HENRY    A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  G.  and  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official  : 


Colonel  ami  AcCs  A.  /).  C 


HEAD-QUARTRRS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 

155  AND  157  Mercer  Street, 

New  York,   March  lltli,  1878. 
(Jexerai,  Orders,  "1 
No.  2.  / 

Pursuant  to  Section  235  of  tlie  Military  Code,  a  Court  Alartial  is  hereby 
(jrdered  for  the  trial  of  the  officers  in  the  several  brigades  above  the  rank 
of  captain  and  of  all  officers  belonging  to  the  cavalry  and  artillery  organiza- 
tions of  this  division,  who  have  been  returned  as  "  absent  from  any  parade, 
"  encampment,  drill  or  meeting  for  instruction,"  held  pursuant  to  orders 
during  the  year  1877. 

Detaii,  for  the  Court  : 

Colonel  John  H.  BunKE,  3d  Regiment  Cavalry. 
Colonel  Charles  S.  Spencer,  5lh  Regiment  Infantry. 
Colonel  S.  V.  R.  Cruger,  12th  Regiment  Infantry. 

The  Court  will  assemble  at  the  armory  of  the  12th  Regiment,  Broadway 
and  45th  street,  on  Thursday,  March  28th,  1878,  at  8  o'clock,  p.  m. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  G.  and  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official : 


Colonel  and  AcC g  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 

155  AND  157  Mercer  Street, 

New  York,  May  14th,  1878. 
General  Orders,  1 
No.  3.  / 

I. — The  Division  will  parade  on  the  30th  instant  to  participate  in  the 
ceremonies  of  Decoration  Day,  as  escort  to  the  organizations  parading  under 
the  direction  of  the  Grand  Marshal  of  the  day,  and  for  review  by  His  Excel- 
lency the  Commander-in-Chief. 

II. — The  troops  will  be  formed  in  close  columns,  the  heads  resting  on  Fifth 
avenue,  in  the  following  order  : 

Separate  Troops  "  A"  and  "  B  "  on  East  34th  street. 

The  Third  Brigade  on  West  34th  and  West  33d  streets. 

Battery  "B"  on  East  33d  street. 

The  First  Brigade  on  West  32d  street. 

Battery  "  K"   on  East  32d  street. 

The  Second  Brigade  on  West  31st  street. 

The  Third  Regiment  Cavalry  on  East  31st  street. 

The  column  will  move  in  the  oi'der  above  given  at  10  o'clock,  a.  m. 

III. — The  Veterans  of  the  Seventh  Regiment  and  the  Old  Guard  having 
accepted  an  invitation  to  parade  in  the  division  column  on  this  occasion, 
their  respective  commanders  will  report  as  follows  : 

The  Veterans   of  the  Seventh   Regiment   to    Brigadier-General 

Joshua  M.  Varian,  commanding  3d  Brigade. 
The  Old  Guard  to  Brigadier-General  Wm.  G.  Ward,  commanding 
1st  Brigade. 

IV. — The  line  of  march  will  be  down  Fifth  avenue  to  14th  street,  to 
Broadway,  to  Chambers  street. 

V. — At  the  Worth  Monument  the  honors  of  a  marching  salute  will  be 
paid  to  His  Excellency  the  Commander-in-Chief,  accompanied  by  the  Gene- 
ral of  the  United  States  Army,  His  Honor  the  iSIayor  of  the  City,  and  other 
civic  and  military  officials. 

VI. — Upon  the  arrival  of  the  head  of  the  column  at  Chambers  street,  line 
will  be  formed  for  the  passage  of  the  organizations  under  escort,  the  follow- 
ing necessary  modifications  of  the  prescribed  formation  being  observed : 


For  Infantry. 
The  rear  rank  will  be  aligned  upon  the  curb  and  the  distances 
will  be  diminished  as  follows :  two  yards  from  the  rear  to 
the  front  rank  and  from  the  fi'ont  rank  to  the  line  of  com- 
pany officers,  and  one  and  three  yards  respectively  from  the 
line  of  company  officers  to  the  croup  of  the  field  and  com- 
manding officers'  horses. 

For   Cavalry. 
The  rank  against  the  curb  ;  the  file-closers  in  rank  ;  the  chiefs 
of  platoon,  troop,  battalion  and  regimental  commanders,  res- 
pectively, one,  two,  three  and  four  yards,   from   head   to 
croup  of  horses,  in  advance  of  the  rank. 

For  Artillery. 
In  columns  of  sections  (pieces  in  battery),  along  the  curb ;  the 
chiefs  of  platoon  and  battery  commanders,  respectively,  one 
and  three  yards,  from  muzzle  of  pieces  to  croup  of  horses, 
in  advance. 

The  brigade  commanders  with  their  staffs  and  orderlies  will  take 
post  on  the  right  of  their  respective  brigades  slightly  in  ad- 
vance of  the  line  of  regimental  commanders. 

Regimental,  separate  troop  and  battery  commanders  will  cause 
their  commands  to  salute  upon  the  arrival  of  the  Grand 
Marshal  at  a  point  twenty  yards  from  the  left  of  their  sev- 
eral organizations,  and  to  carry  arms  when  the  salute  is 
acknowledged. 

VII. — When  the  rear  of  the  escorted  organizations  has  passed  the  right 
of  the  line,  the  Division  will  "break  from  the  right  to  march  to  the  left," 
by  regiments  and  proceed  up  Broadway  to  Union  Square,  where  the  parade 
will  be  dismissed.  All  organizations  will  march  to  their  armories  by  the 
shortest  available  route,  turning  from  lith  street  in  the  proper  direction  as 
soon  as  practicable,  in  order  that  lines  of  travel  may  not  be  unnecessarily 
obstructed. 

VIII. — The  Division  Staff  will  assemble,  mounted  and  in  full  uniform,  at 
the  Rendezvous  (Nos.  7,  9  and  11  AVest  13th  street),  at  9  o'clock,  a.  m. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  G.  and  Chief  of  Staff. 

Official  : 


Colonel  and  A .  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 

loo  AND  157  Merger  Street, 

New  York,  May  24th,  1878. 
General  Orders,  ") 
No.  4.  / 

I. — The  rifle  practice  of  this  division  at  Creedmoor  for  the  season  of  1878 
frill  be  conducted  as  follows : 

1. — The  first  practice  for  each  of  the  organizations  as  below  as- 
signed will  be  for  the  Marksman's  Badge  by  the  present 
marksmen,  and  by  those  who  may  be  considered  by  the 
Regimental  Inspectors  of  Rifle  Practice  to  be  sufficiently 
skilled,  vide  Wingate's  Manual,  as  amended,  par.  285,  288, 
289.  All  who  may  qualify  will  be  exempt  from  further 
practice  during  the  year. 

No  one  shall  be  allowed  to  shoot  in  any  class  to  which  he 
does  not  belong,  except  as  above  prescribed.  Commanding 
officers  will  be  held  responsible  for  any  violation  of  this 
regulation. 

Firat  Brigade,  218  Marksmen. 

on  June  6th. 
Second  Brigade,  560  Marksmen. 
9th  Regiment  on  June  7th. 
11th  and  71st  Regiments  on  June  17tli. 

Third  Brigade,  398  Marksmen. 
7th  Regiment  on  June  10th. 
8th  and  69th  Regiments  on  June  21st. 
Cavalry   Organizations,  97  Marksmen. 
on  June  24th. 
2. — The  second  practice  will  be  in  the  third   class  for  all  those 
who  have  not  qualified  as  marksmen  in  the  first  practice. 
First  Brigade. 
5th  Regiment  on  June  27th. 
12th  Regiment  on  July  18th. 
22d  Regiment  on  July  25th. 
Second  Brigade. 
9th  Regiment  on  July  8th. 
11th  Regiment  on  July  19th. 
7lst  Regiment  on  August  1st. 

Third  Brigade. 
7th  Regiment  on  July  12th. 
8th  Regiment  on  July  22d. 
69th  Regiment  on  Aug.  2d. 
Cavalry  organizations  on  Aug.  5th. 
8. — The  third  practice  will  be  a  repetition  of  the  second  practice, 
and  is  to  include  practice  for  the  Marksman's  Radge,  if 
time  will  permit,  by   those  who  have  qualified   in  either 
second  or  third  practices  into  the  first  class. 


First  Brigade. 
5t;li  Regiment,  on  Aug.  ]2tli. 
12th  Regiment  on  Aug.  22 J. 
22d  Regiment  on  Sept.  9ih. 
Second  Brigade. 
9tli  Regiment  on  Aug.  16th. 
11th  Regiment  on  Aug.  29th. 
71st  Regiment  on  Sept.  13th. 

Third  Brigade. 
7th  Regiment  on  Aug.  19th. 
8th  Regiment  on  Sept.  2d. 
69th  Regiment  on  Sept.  16th. 
Cavalry  organizations  on  Aug.  30th. 
II. — All  members  failing  to  qualify  in  any  class  will  be  required  to  repeat 
tiie  practice  on  the  same  day  as  often  as  may  be  necessary  and  practicable. 
Ill- — On  any  practice  day,  as  soon  as  men  qualify  in  any  class,  they  will 
be  practiced  in  the  next  class  if  time  will  permit. 

IV. — Brigade  Commanders  will  issue  the  necessary  orders  for  carrying 
6ut  the  provisions  of  this  order  without  delay,  a  copy  of  which,  as  well  as 
of  the  regimental  or  troop  order  issued  in  pursuance  hereof,  will  be  for- 
warded at  once  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  S.  N.  Y.,  who  has  detailed  an 
oflRcer  from  his  department  to  arrange  for  the  transportation  of  the  troops 
to  and  from  Creedmoor,  and  to  issue  the  required  ammunition  upon  the 
range.  Requisitions  for  transportation  or  ammunition  are  not  necessary. 
Empty  shells  must  be  turned  in  at  the  magazine  upon  the  range,  on  the  day 
when  expended,  where  they  will  be  receipted  for.  They  will  nor  be  cred- 
ited to  the  several  organizations  until  received  and  counted  at  the  State 
Arsenal. 

V. — Commanding  officers  will  make  the  necessary  details  for  guard  duty 
and  give  such  instructions  as  will  insure  good  order  and  discipline  in  going 
to,  returning  from,  and  while  on  the  range  ;  which  instructions  will  embrace 
the  control  of  that  part  of  the  range  assigned  to  the  use  of  the  troops,  but 
must  not  interfere  \vith  the  privileges  of  members  of  the  National  Rifle 
Association,  who  have  at  all  times  the  right  to  enter  within  the  range  and 
tise  any  portion  of  it  not  occupied  by  the  troops. 

VI. — Troops  will  leave  Long  Island  City  by  train  at  8,  a.  m.  (34th  street 
ferry,  New  York,  15  minutes  earlier),  and  will  return  by  train  leaving 
Creedmoor  at  5,  p.  m. 

VII. — The  Brigade  and  Regimental  Inspectors  of  Riile  Practice  will  as- 
semble at  the  First  Division  Rendezvous,  7,  9  and  11  West  18th  street,  at 
8,  p.  M.,  Friday,  May  31st,  for  instruction  by  the  Division  Inspector  of  Rifle 
Practice. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Siialer. 

henrV  a.  gildersleeve, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  G.  and  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official 


£^ 


Colonel  and  A.  I).  C. 


Gexebal  Ordees, 
No.  5. 


tiEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 
155  AND  157  Mercer  Street, 

New  York,  June  1st,  1878. 

} 


I. — The  proceedings,  findings  and  sentences  of  the  Court  Martial  con- 
vened by  General  Orders  No.  2.  c.  s.,  from  these  Head-Quarters,  are  hereby 
approved  and  confirmed  ;  and  the  Court  Martial  of  which  Colonel  John  H. 
BrDKE,  3d  Regiment  Cavalry,  is  President,  is  hereby  dissolved. 

By  order  of  M.ajor-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  Gen' I  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


Colonel  and  Acfg  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISIOX, 

NATIONAL  GUARD  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 
155  AND  157  Mercer  Street, 

New  York,  June  14th,  1878. 

General   Orders,  1 
No.  6.  / 

I. —The  following  communication  received  from  Major-Genercal  Henry  A. 
Barnum,  Grand  Marshal,  is  hereby  promulgated  : 

"  Head-Quarters  Memorial  Committee, 

"Grand  Army  of  the  Republic. 

'•New  York,  June  3d,  1878. 

"Maj.-Gen'l  Alexander  Siialer, 

"  Com'dg  1st  Division  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y., 

New  York : 
"  General : 

"  On  behalf  of  our  Memorial  Committee.  I  hereby  tender  to 
"you.  and  through  you  to  your  command,  our  most  grateful  thanks  for 
"your  participation  in  our  Decoration  Day  ceremonies,  as  escort  to  our 
"parading  column. 

"The  imposing  and  unprecedented  display  of  the  parade,  even  for  the 
"  Metropolis,  was  mostly  due  to  the  magnificent  presence  of  your  splendid 
"command;  to  the  superb  organization  and  soldierly  bearing  of  which  the 
"long  and  loud  acclaim  of  the  people  only  less  attested  than  the  unstinted 
"  encomiums  of  the  General  of  the  Army,  and  other  distinguished  officers 
"  of  the  Army  and  Navy,  who  were  present. 

"The  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  as  a  whole,  shares  with  our  Com- 
"mittee  in  deep-felt  gratitude  to  the  noble  First  Division  of  the  National 
"  Guard. 

"  For  yourself,  General,  accept  the  assurances  of  my  sincere  regard, 

"  Your  obedient  servant, 
(Signed)  •'  Henry  A.  Barnum, 

^' Grand  Marshal." 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 
^^  Colonel,  A.  A.  Gen' I  and  Chief  of  Staff. 

Official/^     l^  (      / 


Colonel  and  Act'g  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 
155  AND  157  Mercei!  Street, 

New  York,  Sept.   17ih,  1878. 

General  Order.s, 

No.   7. 

1.— Pursuant  to  Special  Orders,  No.  179,  c.  s.  from  General  Head-Quarters, 
the  organizations  of  tiiis  command  are  hereby  ordered  to  parade  for  inspec- 
tion and  muster  as  required  by  Section  130,  Military  Code,  in  this  city,  upon 
parade  grounds  to  be  designated  by  their  respective  commanding  officers,  as 
follows  : 

5th  Regiment  Infantry, 

on  Tliursday,  the  10th  proximo,  at  2  o'clock,  i'.  m. 
11th  Regiment  Infantry, 

on  Friday,  tlie  lltli  proximo,  at  2  o'clock,  p.  m. 
G9th  Regiment  Infantry, 

on  Monday,  the  14th  proximo,  at  2  o'clock,  r.  m. 
12th  Regiment  Infontry, 

on  Tuesday,  the  15th  proximo,  at  2  o'clock,  r.  m. 
71st  Regiment  Infantry, 

on  Wednesday,  the  lijth  proximo,  at  2  o'clock,  p.  m. 
7th  Regiment  Infantry. 

on  Thursday,  the  17th  proximo,  at  2  o'clock,  p.  m. 
22d  Regiment  Infantry, 

on  Friday,  tlie  18th  proximo,  at  2  o'clock,  p.  ;vr. 
9th  Regiment  Infantry, 

on  Monday,  the  21st  proximo,  at  2  o'clock,  p.  m. 
8th  Regiment  Infantry, 

on  Tuesday,  the  22d  proximo,  at  2  o'clock,  p.  m. 
Separate  Troops  A  and  B,  Cavalry, 

on  Wednesday,  the  23d  proximo,  at  10  o'clock,  a.  m. 
Batteries  B  and  K,  Artillery, 

on  Wednesday,  the  23d  proximo,  at  2  o'clock,  p.  m. 
3d  Regiment  Cavalry, 

on  Tliursday,  the  24th  proximo,  at  2  o'clock,  p.  m. 
The  Division  Staff  and  the  Brigade  Commanders  and  their  Staffs, 

on  Thursday,  the  17th  proximo,  at  5  o'clock,  p.  m.,  at  a 
point  to  be  hereafter  designated. 
II.— The  General,  General  Staff,  Field  and  Staff,  and  Troop  and  Battery 
officers  will  parade  mounted. 

HI. — The  commandants  of  the  several  organizations  will  designate  the 
parade  grounds  selected  in  orders,  and  forward  two  copies  of  the  same  to 
these  Head-Quarters  as  soon  as  they  are  promulgated. 


IV. — The  necessary  muster-rolls  will  be  provided  and  one  copy  of  the 
same  properly  prepared  and  endorsed  with  the  full  post-office  address  of  the 
commandant  will  be  forwarded  (o  Brigadier-General  John  B.  Woodward, 
Inspector-General,  S.  N.  Y.,  P.  0.  Box  No.  1748,  New  York  City,  at  least 
twenty  days  prior  to  the  dates  of  the  several  musters,  for  examination  as 
required  by  Section  152,  Military  Code. 

V.^The  attention  of  commanding  officers  is  directed  to  the  following 
provisions  of  the  Military  Code  : 

"  §  207.  Evei-y  commissioned  officer,  and  every  non-commissioned  officer, 
"musician  and  private,  shall,  on  due  conviction,  be  subject,  for  the  follow- 
"ing  offenses,  to  the  lines  and  penalties  thereto  annexed  : 

"  1.  Every  commissioned  officer,  for  non-attendance  at  any  drill,  parade 
"  or  encampment,  *  *  -^^  *  or  making  a  false  entry  upon  a 
"muster-roll,  or  knowingly  muster  as  a  soldier  a  substitute  or  a  person 
"  who  is  not  a  regularly  enlisted  soldier  in  and  a  member  of  his  command, 
"  *  *  *  *  a  fine  of  not  more  than  one  hundred,  nor  less 
"than  five  dollars." 

Bj'  order  of  Major-Genei-al  Alexander  Shaler. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  Gen' I  and  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official : 


Colonel  and  Acfg  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 
105  Axi>  157  Merceh  Street, 

New  York,  Sept.  2od,  1878. 
General  Orders,  1 

No.  8.  I 

A  General  Court  Martial  will  convene  at  the  ••Rendezvous"  (Nos.  7,  9 
and  11  West  13th  Street)  on  ^Ionday,  the  7th  proximo,  at  8  o'clock,  i>.  m., 
or  as  soon  thereafter  as  possible,  for  the  trial  of  Captain  .John  C.  Bui.t.max,' 
Co.  n.  od  Regiment  Cavalry:  Captain  George  H.  Hotmeu,  Co.  B,  3d  Regi- 
ment Cavalry  ;  Captain  Louis  Gerner,  Co.  F,  5th  Regiment  Infantry  ;  First 
Lieutenant  .John  H.  Hartcorx.  Co.  H.  3d  Regiment  Cavalry ;  First  Lieuten- 
ant George  C.  Gutheil,  Co.  I,  11th  Regiment  Infiintry ;  "First  Lieutenant 
Robert  A.  McLaren,  Co.  C,  71st  Regiment  Infantry,  and  .such  other  officers 
as  may  be  brought  before  it. 

Diftail  for  the   Court  : 

Colonel  Emmons  Clark,   7th  Regiment  Infantry. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  William  H.  Chaddock,   71st  Regiment  Infantry. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  William  G.   Wilson,   12th  Regiment  Infantry. 

Colonel  Alvanus  W.  Sheldon,  Division  Judge  Advocate,  is  appointed  the 
•ludge  Advocate  for  the  Court. 

The  Court  will  sit  without  regard  to  houre. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  Gen' I  and  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official :  _  ^ 


Colonel  and  Act'g  A.  I).  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 
155  AND  157  Mercer  Street, 

New  York,  Nov.  23d,  1878. 
General  Orders,  ) 
No.  9.  / 

Before  a  General  Court  Martial,  which  convened  at  the  "  Rendezvous," 
(Nos.  7,  9,  and  11  West  13th  Street),  city  of  New  York,  pursuant  to  General 
Orders  No.  8.  c.  s.,  from  these  Head-quarters,  and  of  which  Colonel  Emmons 
Clark,  7th  Regiment  Infantry,  is  President,  were  arraigned  and  tried  the 
following  named  oificers : 

1. — Captain  John  C.  Bultmann,  of  Company  "  H,"  Third  Regiment  Cav- 
alry, oji  the  following  charges  and  specifications  : 

Charge  First. —  Violation  of  section  two  hundred  and  seven  of  the  Military 
Code  of  the  Stale  of  New  York,  by  knowingly  permitting  a  substitute  to  shoot  in 
the  name  of  a  member  of  his  command. 

Specification. — That  said  Captain  John  C.  Bultmann,  being  in  command  of 
Company  "  H,"  Third  Regiment  of  Cavalry,  First  Division  of  the  National 
Guard  of  the  State  of  New  York,  at  Creedmoor,  Long  Island,  on  the  fifth 
day  of  August,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-eight,  during  the 
rifle  practice  of  said  regiment  and  company  on  that  day  did  knowingly  per- 
mit a  person  whose  name  is  unknown,  to  shoot  as  a  substitute  for  and  in 
the  name  of  one  Sergeant  Bramman,  whose  first  name  is  unknown,  and 
who  was  not  present  on  that  occasion  and  who  was  a  member  of  saiil  com- 
pany and  command. 

Chargk  Second. —  Violation  of  section  two  hundred  and  seven  of  the  3Iilitary 
Code  of  the  State  of  New  York,  by  making  a  false  entry  jipon  a  score  blank  or 
return  of  rifle  practice. 

Specification. — That  said  Captain  John  C.  Bultmann,  being  in  command  of 
Company  "  H,"  Third  Regiment  of  Cavalry  of  the  First  Division  of  the  Na- 
tional Guard  of  the  State  ot  New  York,  at  Creedmoor,  Long  Island,  on  the 
fifth  day  of  August,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-eight,  during 
the  rifie  practice  of  said  regiment  and  company  on  that  day,  did  cause  a 
false  entry  to  be  made  upon  a  score  blank  by  permitting  and  directing  a 
score  to  be  entered  upon  the  score  blank  of  the  rifle  practice  of  his  said 
company  as  being  made  l>y  one  Sergeant  Bramman,  a  member  thereof,  whose 
first  name  is  unknown,  which  score  was  in  fact  made  by  another  person, 
namely,  by  a  person  whose  name  is  unknown. 

Chahge  Third. —  Violation   of  General    Orders,  number  four  {_^),  series  of 
eighteen  hundred  and  seventy-eight,  of  the  First  Division  of  the  National  Guard 
of  the  State  of  New  York,  by  permitting  a  person  to  shoot  in  a  class  to  ichich  he 
did  not  belong. 
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Specification. — That  said  Captain  John  C.  Bultmaiin,  being  in  command  of 
Company  "  H,"  Third  Regiment  of  Cavalry,  First  Division  of  the  National 
Guard  of  the  State  of  New  York,  at  Creedmoor,  Lung  Island,  on  the  fifth 
day  of  August,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-eight,  during  the 
rifle  practice  of  said  regiment  and  company  on  that  day,  did  knowingly  per- 
mit a  person  whose  name  is  unknown,  to  slioot  as  a  substitute  for  one  Ser- 
geant Bramman,  whose  first  name  is  unknown,  and  who  was  a  member  of 
said  company  and  command. 

Charge  Fourth. — Neglect  of  duty. 

Specification. — That  said  Captain  John  C.  Bultmann,  being  in  command  of 
Company  "  H,"  Third  Regiment  of  Cavalry  of  the  First  Division  of  the  Na- 
tional Guard  of  the  State  of  New  York,  during  the  rifle  practice  of  said  regi- 
ment and  company  at  Creeilmoor,  Long  Island,  on  the  fifth  day  of  August, 
one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-eight,  did  allow  a  person  whose 
name  is  unknown,  to  answer  to,  and  shoot  in  the  name  of  one  Sergeant 
Bramman,  a  member  of  his  said  company,  whose  first  name  is  unknown, 
and  allow  the  score  made  by  said  unknown  person  to  be  entered  upon  the 
score  blanks  of  the  rifle  practice  of  said  company  as  having  been  made  by 
said  Sergeant  Bramman,  said  Sergeant  Bramman  not  being  present  and  not 
liaving  shot,  and  the  allowing  of  such  acts  by  said  Captain  John  C.  Bult- 
mann being  a  neglect  to  enforce  a  provision  of  section  one  hundred  and 
seven  of  the  Military  Code  of  the  State  of  New  York. 

Charge  Fifth. — Disobedience  of  orders  by  viofatiny  paragraph  three  hundred 
and  eighly-nine  of  the  Manual  of  Rifle  Practice,  by  allowing  one  man  to  shoot  in 
the  name  of  another. 

Specification. — That  said  Captain  John  C.  Bultmann,  being  in  command  of 
Company  "  H,"  Third  Regiment  of  Cavalry  of  the  National  Guard  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  during  the  rifle  pi-actice  of  said  regiment  and  company 
at  Creedmoor,  Long  Island,  on  the  fifth  day  of  August,  in  the  year  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-eight,  did  allow  a  person  whose  name 
is  unknown,  to  answer  and  shoot  in  the  name  of  one  Sergeant  Bramman, 
a  member  of  his  said  company,  and  allow  the  score  made  by  said  unknown 
person  to  be  entered  upon  the  score  blanks  of  tlie  rifle  practice  of  said  com- 
pany, as  having  been  made  by  said  Sergeant  Bramman,  said  Sergeant  Bram- 
man not  being  present  and  not  having  shot. 

To  wliich  charges  and  specifications  the  accused  pleaded  as  follows  : 

To  the  Specification  to  the  First  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  First  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  Specification  to  the  Second  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  Second  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  Specification  to  the  Third  Charge. — '•  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  Third  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  Specification  to  the  Fourth  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  Fourth  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  Specification  to  the  Fifth  Charge.— "  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  Fifth  Charge. — ■'  Not  Guilty." 

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Findings. 

The  Court,  having  maturely  considered  the  evidence  adduced,  finds  the 
accused  Captain  John  C.  Bultmann,  as  follows  : 

Of  the  Specification  to  the  First  Charge. — Not  Guilty. 

Of  the  First  Charge. — Not  Guilty. 

Of  the  Specification  to  the  Second  Charge. — Not  Guilty. 

Of  the  Second  Charge. — Not  Guilty. 

Of  the  Specification  to  the  Third  Charge. — Not  Guilty. 

Of  the  Third  Charge. — Not  Guilty. 

Of  the  Specification  to  the  Fourth  Charge. — Guilty. 

Of  the  Fourth  Charge. — Guilty. 

Of  the  Specification  to  the  Fifth  Charge. — Guilty. 

Of  the  Fifth  Charge. — Guilty. 

Sentence. 

And  the  Court  does  therefore  sentence  him,  Captain  John  C.  Bultmann, 
of  Company  "  H,"  Third  Regiment  of  Cavalry,  to  he  Cashiered. 

The  proceedings  and  findings  of  the  Court  on  the  first,  second  and  third 
charges  and  the  specifications  to  each,  are  approved. 

The  findings  of  the  Court  on  the  fourth  and  fifth  charges  and  the  speci- 
fications to  each  are  disapproved  ;  on  the  fourth  for  the  reason  that  the 
testimony  taken  by  the  Court  clearly  established  the  fact  tliat  the  accused 
was  not  in  command  of  his  company  on  the  occasion  in  question  as  alleged 
in  the  specification  (having  been  detailed  as  officer  of  the  guard  upon 
the  arrival  of  the  detachment  at  the  range)  ;  and  on  the  fifth  for  the  same 
reason  and  the  additional  one,  that  the  ottense  alleged  in  the  specification, 
even  though  it  were  proven,  did  not  constitute  a  disobedience  of  orders. 
"  In  a  charge  of  disobedience  of  orders,  it  is  requisite  to  show  that  the 
"  communication  was  an  order  from  a  commanding  officer  to  an  inferior, 
"in  terms  sufficiently  explicit  to  disclose  the  intention  of  such  superior 
"that  the  accused  should,  or  not,  do  some  certain  act,  and  that  he  failed  to 
"  obey."  (Par.  178.  General  Regulations.)  This  is  also  in  conformity  with 
long-established  usage  in  the  military  service,  a  disregard  of  directions  and 
requirements  of  tactics,  books  of  instruction,  regulations,  etc.,  being  pro- 
perly charged  as  a  violation  of  such  a  paragraph,  etc.,  while  a  refusal  or 
neglect  to  do  as  required  on  a  specified  occasion  by  either  a  verbal,  writ- 
ten, or  printed  order,  is  plainly  a  disobedience  of  orders.  Captain  Bult- 
mann will  resume  his  sword  and  return  to  duty. 

II. — Captain  George  H.  Hotmer,  of  Company  "  B,"'  Third  Regiment  Cav- 
alry, on  the  following  charges  and  specifications  : 

Charge  First. —  Violation  of  section  two  hundred  and  seven  of  the  Military 
Code  of  the  State  of  New  York,  by  knowinyly  permitting  a  substitute  to  shoot  in 
the  name  of  a  member  of  his  command. 

Specification. — That  said  Captain  George  H.  Hotmer,  being  in  command  of 
Company  "  B,"  Third  Regiment  of  Cavalry  of  the  First  Division  of  the  Na- 
tional Guard  of  the  State  of  New  York,  at  Creedmoor,  Long  Island,  on  the 
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fifth  clay  of  August,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-eight,  during 
the  riile  practice  of  said  regiment  and  companj'  on  that  day,  did  knowingly 
permit  a  person  whose  name  is  unknown,  to  shoot  as  a  substitute  for  and  in 
the  name  of  one  H.  Mocker,  whose  first  name  is  unknown,  and  who  was  not 
present  on  that  occasion  and  who  was  a  member  of  said  company  and  com- 
mand. 

Charge  Second. —  Violation  of  section  two  hundred  and  seven  of  the  Milit<iry 
Code  of  the  State  of  Neio  York,  by  making  a  false  entry  upon  a  score  blank  or 
return  of  rifle  practice. 

Specificaticn. — That  said  Captain  George  H.  Hotmer,  being  iu  command  of 
Company  "  B,"  Third  Regiment  of  Cavalry  of  the  First  Division  of  the  Na- 
tional Guard  of  the  State  of  New  York,  at  Ci'eedmoor,  Long  Island,  on  the 
fifth  day  of  August,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-eight,  during 
the  rifle  practice  of  said  regiment  and  company  on  that  day,  did  cause  a 
false  entry  to  be  made  upon  a  score  blank  by  permitting  and  directing  a 
score  to  be  entered  upon  the  score  blank  of  the  rifle  practice  of  his  said 
company  as  being  made  by  one  H.  Mocker,  a  member  thereof,  whose  first 
name  is  unknown,  which  score  was  in  fact  made  by  another  person,  namely 
by  a  person  whose  name  is  unknown. 

Charge  Third. —  Violation  of  General  Orders  number  four  (^),  series  of 
eighteen  hundred  and  seventy-eight,  of  the  First  Division  of  the  National  Guard 
of  the  State  of  New  York,  by  permitting  a  person  to  shoot  in  a  class  to  tvhich  he 
did  not  belong. 

Specification. — That  said  Captain  George  H.  Hotmer,  being  in  command  of 
Company  "  B,"  Third  Regiment  of  Cavalry  of  the  First  Division  of  the  Na- 
tional Guard  of  the  State  of  New  York,  at  Creedmoor,  Long  Island,  on  the 
fifth  (lay  of  August,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-eight,  during 
the  rifle  practice  of  said  regiment  and  company  on  that  day,  did  knowingly 
permit  a  person  whose  name  is  unknown,  to  shoot  as  a  substitute  for  one 
H.  Mocker,  whose  first  name  is  unknown,  and  who  was  not  present  on  that 
occasion,  and  who  was  a  member  of  said  company  and  command. 

Charge  Fourth. — Neglect  of  duty. 

Specification. — That  said  Captain  George  H.  Hotmer,  being  in  command  of 
Company  "  B,"  Thii-d  Regiment  of  Cavalry  of  the  First  Division  of  the  Na- 
tional Guard  of  the  State  of  New  York,  during  the  rifle  practice  of  said  regi- 
ment and  conipany  at  Creedmoor,  Long  Island,  on  the  fifth  day  of  August,  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-eight,  did  allow  a  person  whose  name 
is  unknown,  to  answer  to,  and  shoot  in  the  name  of  one  H.  Mocker,  whose 
first  name  is  unknown,  a  member  of  his  said  company,  and  allow  the  score 
made  by  said  unknown  person  to  be  entered  upon  the  score  blanks  of  the 
rifle  practice  of  said  company  as  having  been  made  by  said  H.  iMocker.  said 
H.  Mocker  not  being  present  and  not  having  sliot,  and  the  allowing  of  such 
acts  by  said  Captain  Geoi-ge  H.  Hotmer  being  a  neglect  to  enforce  a  provision 
of  section  one  hundred  and  seven  of  the  Military  Code  of  the  State  of  New 
York. 

Charge  Fifth. — Disobedience  of  orders  by  violating  paragraph   three  hun- 
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died  and  eiyhhj-nine  of  the  Manual  of  Rijie  Practice,  by  allorcing  one  viun  to 
shoot  i?i  the  name  of  another. 

Specification. — That  said  Captain  George  H.  Ilotmer,  being  in  command  of 
Company  "  B,"  Third  Regiment  of  Cavalry  of  the  National  Guard  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  daring  the  riiie  practice  of  said  regiment  and  company 
at  Creedmoor,  Long  Island,  on  the  fifth  day  of  August,  in  the  year  one 
tliousand  eight  liundred  and  seventy-eight,  did  allow  a  person  whose  name 
is  unknown,  to  answer  and  siioot  in  the  name  of  one  H.  Mocker,  a  member 
of  his  said  company,  whose  first  name  is  unknown,  and  did  allow  the  score 
made  by  said  unknown  person  to  be  entered  upon  the  score  blanks  of  the 
rifle  practice  of  said  company,  as  having  been  made  by  said  H.  Mocker,  said 
II.  Mocker  not  being  present  and  not  having  shot. 

To  which  charges  and  specifications  the  accused  pleaded  as  follows  : 
To  the  Specification  to  the  First  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 
To  the  FiEST  Cii.ARGE. — "  Not  Guilty." 
To  the  Specification  to  the  Second  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 
To  the  Skconu  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 
To  the  Specification  to  the  Third  Cliarge.— '■  Not  Guilty." 
To  the  THiRt>  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 
To  the  Specification  to  the  Fourth  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 
To  tlie  Fourth  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 
To  the  Specification  to  the  Fifth  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 
To  the  Fifth  Charge. — "Not  Guilty." 

Findings. 
The  Court,  having  maturely  considered  tlie  evidence  adduced,  finds  the 
accuse  1,  Captain  George  H.  Ilotmer,  as  follows  : 

()f  the  Specification  to  the  First  Charge. — Not  Guilty. 
Of  the  First  Charge. — Not  Guilty. 
Of  the  Specification  to  the  Second  Charge. — Not  Guilty. 
Of  the  Second  Charge. — Not  Guilty. 
Of  the  Specification  to  the  Third  Cliargc. — Not  Guilty. 
t)f  the  I'liiui)  Charge. — Not  Guilty. 
Of  the  Specification  to  the  Fourth  Charge. — Not  Guilty. 
Of  the  Fourth  Charge. — Not  Guilty. 
Of  the  Specification  to  the  Fifth  Charge.  — Not  Guilty. 
Of  tlie  Fifth  Charge. — Not  Guilty. 
And  the  Court  does  therefore  acquit  him.  Captain  George  H.  Hotmer,  of 
the  offenses  charged. 

The  proceedings  and  findings  in  this  case  were  appi-oved  and  confirmed  by 
Special  Orders,  No.  71.  c.  s.,  from  these  Head-quarters,  on  the  24th  ultimo, 
and  Captain  Hotmer  was  ordered  to  resume  his  sword  and  return  to  duty. 

in.— Captain  George  II.  Hotmer,  of  Company  "  B,"  Third  Regiment  Cav- 
alry, on  the  following  charges  and  specifications  : 

Charge  Fir.st. —  Violation  of  section  two  hundred  and  seven  of  the  Military 
Code  of  the  State  of  New  York,  by  knowingly  permitting  a  substitute  to  shoot  in 
the  7iaiiie  of  a  member  of  his  command. 


Specification. — That  said  Captain  George  Hotnier,  being  in  command  of 
Company  "  B,"  Third  Regiment  of  Cavalry,  First  Division  of  the  Na- 
tional Guard  of  the  State  of  New  York,  at  Creedmoor,  Long  Island,  on  the 
fifth  day  of  August,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-eight,  daring 
the  rifle  practice  of  said  regiment  and  company  on  that  day,  did  knowingly 
permit  J.  Rothenberg,  a  non-member  of  said  company,  to  shoot  as  a  substi- 
tute for  and  in  the  name  of  one  J.  Gertenbach,  who  was  not  present  on 
that  occasion,  and  who  was  a  member  of  said  company  and  command. 

Charge  Second. —  Violation  of  section  two  hundred  and  seven  of  the  Militai-y 
Code  of  the  State  of  New  York,  hi/  making  a  false  entry  upon  a  score  blank  or 
return  of  rifle  practice. 

Specification. — That  said  Captain  George  H.  Hotmer,  being  in  command  of 
Company  "  B,"  Third  Regiment  of  Cavalry,  First  Division  of  the  National 
Guard  of  the  State  of  New  York,  at  Creedmoor,  Long  Island,  on  the  fifth 
day  of  August,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-eight,  during  the 
rifle  practice  of  said  regiment  and  company  on  that  day,  did  cause  a  false 
entry  to  be  made  upon  a  score  blank  by  permitting  and  directing  a  score  to 
be  entered  upon  the  score  blank  of  the  rifle  practice  of  his  said  company  as 
being  made  by  one  J.  Gertenbach,  a  member  thereof,  which  score  was  in 
fact  made  by  another  person,  namely,  by  J.  Rothenberg,  and  who  was  not 
a  member  of  the  above  regiment. 

Charge  Third. —  Violation  of  General  Orders,  number  ,  series  of  eighteen 

hundred  and  seventy-eight,  of  the  First  Division  of  the  National  Guard  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  by  pennitting  a  person  to  shoot  in  a  class  to  which  he  did 
not  belong. 

Specification. — That  said  Captain  George  H.  Hotmer,  being  in  command  of 
Company  "  B,"  Third  Regiment  of  Cavalry  of  the  First  Division  of  the  Na- 
tional Guard  of  the  State  of  New  York,  at  Creedmoor,  Long  Island,  on  the 
fifth  day  of  August,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-eight,  during 
the  rifle  practice  of  said  regiment  and  company  on  that  day,  did  knowingly 
permit  .J.  Rothenberg,  a  non -member  of  the  regiment,  to  shoot  as  a  substi- 
tute for  one  J.  Gertenbach,  who  was  not  present  on  that  occasion,  and  who 
was  a  member  of  said  company  and  command. 

Charge  Fourth. — Neglect  of  duty. 

Specification. — That  said  Captain  George  H.  Hotmer,  being  in  command  of 
Company  •' B,"  Third  Regiment  of  Cavalry.  First  Division  of  the  National 
Guard  of  the  State  of  New  York,  during  the  rifle  practice  of  said  regiment 
and  company  at  Creedmoor,  Long  Island,  on  the  fifth  day  of  August,  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-eight,  did  allow  one  J.  Rothenberg  to 
answer  to,  and  shoot  in  the  name  of  one  J.  Gertenbach,  a  member  of  his 
said  company,  and  allow  tlie  score  made  by  said  J.  Rothenberg  to  be  entered 
upon  the  score  blanks  of  the  rifle  practice  of  said  company  as  having  been 
made  by  said  J.  Gertenbach,  said  J.  Gertenbach  not  being  present  and  not 
having  shot,  and  the  allowing  of  such  acts  by  said  Captain  Geoi-ge  H.  Hotmer 
being  a  neglect  to  enforce  a  provision  of  section  one  hundred  and  seven  of 
the  Military  Code  of  the  State  of  New  York, 
t) 


Charge  Fifth. — Disobedience  of  orders  hij  violating  jiarayraph  l/iree  hun- 
dred and  eighty-nine  of  the  Mannal  of  Rifle  Practice,  by  allou-ing  one  man  to 
shoot  in  the  name  of  another. 

Specification. — That  said  Captain  George  H.  Hotmer,  being  in  command  of 
Company  "  B."  Tliird  Regiment  of  the  National  Guard  of  tlie  State  of  New 
York,  during  the  ritie  practice  of  said  regiment  and  company  at  Creedmoor, 
Long  Island,  on  the  fifth  day  of  August,  in  the  year  one  thousand  eight 
hundred  and  seventy-eight,  did  allow  one  J.  llothenberg  to  answer  and  shoot 
in  the  name  of  one  J.  Gertenbach,  a  member  of  his  said  company,  and  al- 
low the  score  made  by  said  J.  Rothenberg  to  be  entered  upon  the  score 
blanks  of  the  rifle  practice  of  said  company  as  having  been  made  by  said 
J.  Gertenbach.  said  J.  Gertenbacli  not  being  present  and  not  having  shot. 

To  which  charges  and  specifications  the  accused  pleaded  as  follows  : 
To  the  Specification  to  the  First  Charge. — '•  Not  Guilty." 
To  the  First  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 
To  the  Specfication  to  the  Second  (Jharge. — "  Not  Guilty." 
To  the  Second  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 
To  the  Specification  to  the  Third  Ciiarge. — '■  Not  (iuilty." 
To  the  Third  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 
To  the  Specification  to  the  Fourth  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 
To  the  Fourth  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 
To  the  Specification  to  the  Fifth  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 
To  the  Fifth  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty.' 

The  Court,  having  maturely  considered  the  evidence  adduced,  acquitted 
him,  Captain  George  H.  Hotmer,  of  the  offenses  charged. 

The  proceedings  in  this  case  were  approved  and  confirmed  by  Special 
Orders,  No.  71.  c.  s.,  from  these  Head-quarters  on  the  24lh  ultimo,  and 
Captain  Hotmer  was  ordered  to  resume  his  sword  and  return  to  duty. 

IV. — Captain  Lewis  Gerner,  of  Company  "  F,"  Fifth  Regiment  Infantry, 
on  the  following  charges  and  specifications  : 

Charge  First. —  Violation  of  section  two  hundred  and  seven  of  the  Military 
Code  of  the  State  of  New  York,  by  knowingly  permitting  a  substitute  to  shoot  in 
the  name  of  a  member  of  his  command. 

Specification. — That  said  Captain  Lewis  Gerner,  being  in  command  of  Com- 
pany "  F,"  Fifth  Regiment,  First  Division  of  the  National  Guard  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  at  Creedmoor,  Long  Island,  on  the  twenty-seventh  day 
of  June,  one  thousand  eiglit  hundred  and  seventy-eight,  during  the  rifle 
practice  of  said  regiment  and  company  on  tiiat  day,  did  knowingly  permit 
one  Gustave  Vieser  to  shoot  as  a  substitute  for  one  William  Vieser,  who  was 
not  present  on  that  occasion  and  who  was  a  member  of  said  company  and 
command. 

Charge  Second. —  Violation  of  .section  tivo  hundred  and  seven  of  the  Military 
Code  of  the  State  of  Neiv  York,  by  making  a  fa/.'te  entry  upan  a  score  blniik  or 
return  of  rifle  practice. 

Specification. — That  said  Capt.ain  Lewis  (Jerner,  being  in  command  of  Com- 


pany  "  F,"  Fifili  Regiment,  First  Division  of  the  National  Guard  of  tlie 
State  of  New  York,  at  Creedmoor,  Long  Island,  on  the  twenty-seventh  day 
of  June,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-eight,  during  the  rifle 
practice  of  said  regiment  and  company  on  that  day,  did  cause  a  false  entry 
to  be  made  upon  a  score  blank  by  permitting  and  directing  a  score  to  be 
entered  upon  the  score  blank  of  the  rifle  practice  of  his  said  company  as 
being  made  by  one  William  Vieser,  a  member  thereof,  whicli  score  was  in 
fact  made  by  another  person,  namely,  by  one  Gustave  Vieser. 

CHARGF4  Third. —  Violation  of  General  Orders,  number  four  {4-),  series  of 
eighteen  hundred  and  seventij-eight,  of  the  First  Division  of  the  Xational  Guard 
of  the  State  of  Neio  York,  b;/  permitting  a  person  to  shoot  in  a  rlass  to  whioh  he 
did  not  belong. 

Specification. — That  said  Captain  Lewis  Gerner.  being  in  command  of  Com- 
pany "  F,"  Fifth  Regiment  of  tlie  First  Brigade  and  First  Division  of  tlie 
National  Guard  of  the  State  of  New  York,  at  Creedmoor.  Long  Island,  on 
the  twenty-seventh  day  of  June,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seveuty- 
eiglit,  during  the  rifle  practice  of  said  regiment  and  company  on  that  day, 
did  knowingly  permit  one  Gustave  Vieser  to  slioot  as  a  substitute  for  one 
William  Vieser,  who  was  not  present  on  that  occasion,  and  wlio  was  a  mem- 
ber of  said  company  and  command. 

Charge  Fourth. — Neglect  of  diiti/. 

Specification. — That  said  Captain  Lewis  Gerner,  being  in  command  of  Com- 
pany "  F,"  Fifth  Regiment  of  tlie  First  Brigade,  First  Division  of  the  Na- 
tional Guard  of  the  State  of  New  York,  during  the  rifle  practice  of  said 
regiment  and  company  at  Creedmoor,  Long  Island,  on  the  twenty-seventh 
day  of  June,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-eight,  did  allow  one 
Gustave  Vieser  to  answer  to,  and  shoot  in  tlie  name  of  oue  William  Vieser, 
a  member  of  his  said  company,  and  allow  the  score  made  by  said  Gustave 
Vieser  to  be  entered  upon  the  score  blanks  of  the  rifle  practice  of  said  com- 
pany as  having  been  made  by  said  William  Vieser,  said  William  Vieser  not 
being  present  and  not  having  shot,  and  the  allowing  of  such  acts  by  said 
Captain  Lewis  Gerner  being  a  neglect  to  enforce  a  provision  of  section  one 
hundred  and  seven  of  the  Military  Code  of  the  State  of  New  York, 

Charge  Fifth. — Disobedience  of  orders  bi/  violating  paragraph  three  hun- 
dred and  eighty-nine  of  the  Manual  of  Rifle  Practice,  by  allowing  one  man  to 
shoot  in  the  name  of  another. 

Specification. — That  said  Captain  Lewis  Gerner,  being  in  command  of  Com- 
pany "F,"  Fifth  Regiment  of  the  National  Guard  of  the  State  of  New  York, 
during  the  rifle  practice  of  said  regiment  and  company  at  Creedmoor,  Long 
Island,  on  the  twenty-seventh  day  of  June,  in  the  year  one  thousand  eight 
hundred  and  seventy-eight,  did  allow  one  Gustave  Vieser  to  answer  and 
shoot  in  the  name  of  one  William  Vieser,  a  member  of  his  said  company, 
and  allow  the  score  made  by  said  Gustave  Vieser  to  be  entered  upon  the 
score  blanks  of  the  rifle  pi-actice  of  said  company  as  having  been  made  by 
said  William  Vieser,  said  William  Vieser  not  being  present  and  not  having 
shot. 


To  which  charges  and  specifications  the  accused  pleaded  as  follows  : 

To  the  Specification  to  the  First  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  First  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  Specification  to  the  Second  Ciiarge. — "  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  Second  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  Specification  to  the  Third  Ciiarge. — "  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  Third  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  Specification  to  the  Fourth  Charge. — "Not  Guilty." 

To  the  Fourth  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  Specification  to  the  Fifth  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  Fifth  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 

FlNl>INGS. 

The  Court,  having  maturely  considered  the  evidence  adduced,  finds  the 
accused.  Captain  Lewis  Gerner,  as  follows: 

Of  the  Specification  to  the  First  Charge. — Not  Guilty. 

Of  the  First  Charge. — Not  Guilty. 

Of  the  Specification  to  the  Second  Charge. — Not  Guilty. 

Of  the  Second  Charge. — Not  Guilty. 

Of  the  Specification  to  the  Third  Charge.— Not  Guilty. 

Of  the  Third  Charge.— Not  Guilty. 

Of  the  Specification  to  the  Fourth  Charge. — Not  Guilty. 

Of  the  Fourth  Charge. — Not  Guilty. 

Of  the  Specification  to  the  Fifth  Charge.— Not  Guilty. 

Of  the  Fifth  Charge. — Not  Guilty. 

And  the  Court  does  therefore  acquit  him,  Captain  Lewis  Gerner,  of  the 
offenses  charged. 

The  proceedings  and  findings  in  this  case  are  approved  and  confirmed, 
and  Captain  Gerner  will  resume  his  sword  and  return  to  duty. 

v.— First  Lieutenant  George  C.  Gutheil,  of  Company  "  I,"  Eleventh  Regi- 
ment Infantry,  on  the  following  charges  and  specifications: 

Charge  First. —  Violation  of  section  tivo  hundred  and  seven  of  the  Military 
Code  of  the  State  of  New  York,  by  knoioinghj  permitting  a  substitute  to  shoot  in 
the  name  of  a  member  of  his  command. 

Specificatijm. — That  said  First  Lieutenant  George  C.  Gutheil,  being  in  com- 
mand of  Company  "I,"  Eleventh  Regiment,  First  Division  of  the  National 
Guard  of  tlie  State  of  New  York,  at  Creedmoor,  Long  Island,  on  the  nine- 
teenth day  of  July,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-eight,  during 
the  rifie  practice  of  said  regiment  and  company  on  that  day,  did  knowingly 
permit  one  Isador,  whose  first  name  is  unknown,  to  shoot  as  a  substitute 
tbr  one  Trivate  Buch,  whose  full  name  is  unknown  ,who  was  not  present  on 
that  occasion  and  who  was  a  member  of  said  company  and  command. 

Charge  Second. —  Violation  of  section  two  hundred  and  seren  of  the  Militari/ 
Code  of  the  State  of  New   Vorh,  by  miikiiiy  a  false  entry  upon  a  score  blank  or 
return  of  rifie  practice. 
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Specification. — That  said  First  Lieutenant  George  C.  Gutlieil,  being  in  com- 
mand of  Company  "I,"  Eleventh  Regiment,  First  Division  of  the  National 
Guard  of  tlie  State  of  New  York,  at  Creedmoor,  Long  Island,  on  the  nine- 
teenth day  of  June,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-eight,  during 
the  rifle  practice  of  said  regiment  and  company  on  that  day,  did  cause  a 
false  entry  to  be  made  upon  a  score  blank  by  permitting  and  directing  a 
score  to  be  entered  upon  the  score  blank  of  the  rifle  practice  of  liis  said 
company  as  being  made  by  one  Private  Buch,  whose  full  name  is  unknown, 
a  member  thereof,  which  score  was  in  fjxct  made  by  another  person,  namely, 
by  one  Isador,  whose  full  name  is  unknown. 

('harge  Third. —  Violation  of  General  Orders,  number  four  {4),  series  of 
eighteen  hundred  and  seventy-eight,  of  the  First  Division  of  the  National  Guard 
of  the  State  of  JVew  York,  bg  permitting  a  person  to  shoot  in  a  class  to  which  he 
did  not  belong. 

Specification. — That  said  First  Lieutenant  George  C.  Gutlieil,  being  in  com- 
mand of  Company  "1,"  Eleventh  Regiment,  Second  Brigade  and  First  Di- 
vision of  the  National  Guard  of  the  State  of  New  York,  at  Creedmoor,  Long 
Island,  on  the  nineteenth  day  of  June,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  sev- 
enty-eight, during  the  riHe  practice  of  said  regiment  and  company  on  that 
day,  did  knowingly  permit  one  Isador,  whose  full  name  is  unknown,  to 
shoot  as  a  substitute  for  one  Private  Buch,  whose  full  name  is  unknown, 
and  who  was  not  present  on  that  occasion  and  who  was  a  member  of  said 
company  and  command. 

Charge  Fourth. — Neglect  of  dutg. 

Specification. — That  said  First  Lieutenant  George  C.  Gutheil,  being  in  com- 
mand of  Company  "  I,"  Eleventh  Regiment  of  the  Second  Brigade,  First 
Division  of  the  National  Guard  of  the  State  of  New  York,  during  the  rifle 
practice  of  said  regiment  and  company  at  Creedmoor,  Long  Island,  on  the 
nineteenth  day  of  June,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-eight,  did 
allow  one  Isador,  whose  full  name  is  unknown,  to  answer  to,  and  shoot  in 
the  name  of  one  Private  Buch,  whose  full  name  is  unknown,  a  member  of 
his  said  company,  and  allow  the  score  made  by  said  Isador  to  be  entered 
upon  the  score  blanks  of  the  rifle  practice  of  said  company  as  having  been 
made  by  said  Private  Buch.  said  Private  Buch  not  being  present  and  not 
having  shot,  and  the  allowing  of  such  acts  by  said  First  Lieutenant  George 
C.  Gutlieil  being  a  neglect  to  enforce  a  provision  of  section  one  hundred  and 
seven  of  the  Military  Code  of  the  State  of  New  Y''ork. 

Ch.^rge  Fifth.  —  Disobedience  of  orders  bg  violating  paragraph  three  hun- 
dred and  eightg-nine  of  the  Manual  of  Rifle  Practice,  hg  allowing  one  man  to 
shoot  in  the  name  of  another. 

Specification. — That  said  First  Lieutenant  George  C.  Gutheil,  being  in  com- 
mand of  Company  "I,"  Eleventh  Regiment  of  the  National  Guard  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  during  the  rifle  practice  of  said  regiment  and  company 
at  Creedmoor,  Long  Island,  on  the  nineteenth  day  of  June,  in  the  year  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-eight,  did  allow  one  Isador,  whose  full 
name  is  unknown,  to  answer  and  shoot  in  the  name  of  one  Private  Buch, 
whose  full  name  is  unknown,  a  member  of  his  said  company,  and  allow  the 
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score  made  by  said  Isador  to  be  entered  upon  the  score  blanks  of  the  rifle 
practice  of  said  company  as  having  been  made  by  said  Private  Buch,  said 
Private  Buch  not  being  present  and  not  having  shot. 

To  which  charges  and  specifications  tlie  accused  pleaded  as  follows  : 

To  the  Specification  to  the  First  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  First  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  Specification  to  the  Second  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  Secoxi>  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  Specification  to  the  Third  Ciiarge. — "  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  Thiro  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  Specification  to  the  Fourth  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  Fourth  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  Specification  to  the  Fifth  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  Fifth  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 

A  motion  having  been  made  on  behalf  of  the  accused  to  dismiss  the 
charges  and  specifications  against  him.  after  the  announcement  that  the 
prosecution  rested,  the  Court,  after  deliberation,  granted  the  motion. 

The  action  of  the  Court  in  dismissing  the  charges  and  specifications  does 
not  appear  to  have  been  strictly  regular,  for  if  the  evidence  adduced  on  be- 
half of  the  prosecution  failed  to  sustain  the  charges  and  specifications,  the 
accused  was  obviously  entitled  to  a  finding  of  not  guilty  upon  each  of  them, 
and  to  an  absolute  acquittal ;  instead  of  which  the  action  recorded  is  equiva- 
lent only  to  a  finding  of  not  proved,  which  manifestly  does  not  entirely 
relieve  the  accused  of  the  imputations  contained  in  the  charges  and  specifi- 
cations and  which  is  for  this  reason  deemed  an  objectionable  one.  It  is 
held  that  the  power  to  dismiss  charges  and  specifications  is  not  vested  in  a 
Court  to  which  they  have  been  referred  for  trial,  but  that  it  is  the  plain 
duty  of  the  Court  to  arraign  the  accused,  to  take  his  pleas  and  the  testi- 
mony, and  to  record  its  finding  and  sentence  or  acquittal.  Notwithstanding 
these  errors  in  the  proceedings  of  the  Court  in  this  case,  and  to  prevent 
delay  and  further  expense,  they  are  approved  and  confirmed  and  First  Lieu- 
tenant Gutheil  will  resume  his  sword  and  return  to  duty. 

VI. — First  Lieutenant  Robert  A.  McLaren,  of  Company  "  C,"  Seventy- 
first  Regiment  Infantry,  on  the  following  charges  and  specifications  : 

Charge  First. —  Violation  of  section  two  hundred  and  seven  of  the  Military 
Code  of  the  State  of  New  York,  by  knoivingly  permitting  a  substitute  to  shoot 
in  the  name  of  a  member  of  his  command. 

Specification. — That  said  First  Lieutenant  Robert  .\.  McLaren,  being  in  com- 
mand of  Company  '-C,"  Seventy-first  Regiment,  First  Division  of  the  Na- 
tional Guard  of  the  State  of  New  York,  at  Creedmoor,  Long  Island,  on  the 
seventeenth  day  of  June,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-eight, 
during  the  rifle  practice  of  said  regiment  and  company  on  that  day,  did 
knowingly  permit  one  G.  W.  Reinhard,  a  private  in  said  company,  whose 
full  name  is  unknown,  to  shoot  as  a  substitute  for  and  in  the  name  of  one 
J.  II.  Munson,  who  was  not  present  on  that  occasion  and  who  was  a  mem- 
ber of  said  company  and  command,  and  whose  full  name  is  unknown. 
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Charge  Secohv.—  Viohition  of  section  two  hundred  and  seven  of  the  Militanj 
Code  of  the  State  of  New  York,  by  making  a  false  entry  vpon  a  score  blank  or 
return  of  rifle  practice. 

Specification. — That  said  First  Lieutenant  Robert  A.  McLaren,  being  in 
command  of  Company  "  C,"  Seventy-first  Regiment,  First  Division  of  the 
National  Guard  of  the  State  of  New  York,  at  Creedmoor,  Long  Island,  on 
the  seventeenth  day  of  June,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-eiglit, 
during  the  rifle  practice  of  said  regiment  and  company  on  that  day,  did 
cause  a  false  entry  to  be  made  upon  a  score  blank  by  permitting  and  direct- 
ing a  score  to  be  entered  upon  tlie  score  blank  of  the  rifle  practice  of  his 
said  company  as  being  made  by  one  J.  H.  jMunson,  whose  full  name  is  un- 
known, a  member  tliereof,  which  score  was  in  fact  made  by  another  person, 
namely,  by  one  G.  W.  Reinhard,  whose  full  name  is  unknown. 

Chauck  Third. —  Violation  of  General  Orders,  number  four  {4),  series  of 
eighteen  hundred  and  seventy-eight,  of  the  First  Division  of  the  National  Guard 
of  the  State  of  New  York,  by  pennMling  a  person  to  shoot  in  a  class  to  which  he 
did  not  belong 

Specification. — That  said  First  Lieutenant  Robert  A.  McLaren,  being  in 
command  of  Company  "  C,"  Seventy-first  Regiment.  Second  Brigade  and 
First  Division  of  the  National  Guard  of  the  State  of  New  York,  at  Creed- 
moor,  Long  Island,  on  the  seventeenth  day  of  June,  one  thousand  eight 
hundred  and  seventy-eight,  during  the  rifle  practice  of  SMid  regiment  and 
company  on  that  day,  did  knowingly  permit  one  G.  W.  Reinhard,  wliose 
full  name  is  unknown,  to  shoot  as  a  substitute  for  one  J.  H.  Munson,  who 
was  not  present  on  that  occasion,  and  wlio  was  a  member  of  said  company 
and  command,  and  whose  full  name  is  unknown. 

Charge  Fourth. — Neglect  of  duty. 

Specification. — That  said  First  Lieutenant  Robert  A.  McLaren,  being  in 
command  of  Comp.any  "  C,"  Seventy-first  Regiment  of  the  Second  Brigade, 
First  Division  of  the  National  Guard  of  the  State  of  New  York,  during  the 
rifle  practice  of  said  regiment  and  company  at  Creedmoor,  Long  Island,  on 
the  seventeenth  day  of  June,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  sevent^'-eighf, 
did  allow  one  G.  W.  Reinliard.  whose  full  name  is  unknown,  to  answer  to, 
and  shoot  in  the  name  of  one  J.  II.  ^lunson,  whose  full  name  is  unknown,  a 
member  of  his  said  company,  and  allow  the  score  made  by  said  G.  W.  Rein- 
hard to  be  entered  upon  the  score  blanks  of  the  rifle  practice  of  said  com- 
pany as  having  been  made  by  said  J.  H.  Munson,  said  J.  H.  Munson  not 
being  present  .and  not  having  shot,  and  the  allowing  of  such  acts  by  said 
First  Lieutenant  Robert  A.  McLaren  being  a  neglect  to  enforce  a  provision 
of  section  one  hundred  and  seven  of  the  Military  Code  of  the  State  of  New 
York. 

Charge  Fifth. — Disobedience  of  orders  by  violating  paragraph  three  hun- 
dred and  eighty-nine  of  the  Manual  of  Rifle  Practice,  by  alloicing  one  man  to 
shoot  in  the  name  of  another. 

Specification.— That  said  First  Lieutenant  Robert  A.  McLaren,  being  in 
command  of  Company  "  C,"  Seventy-first  Regiment  of  the  National  Guard 
of  the  State  of  New  York,  during  the  rifle  practice  of  said  regiment  and 
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company  at  Creedmoor,  Long  Island,  oa  the  seventeentli  day  of  June,  in  the 
year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-eight,  did  allow  one  G.  ^V. 
Reinhar<l  whose  full  name  is  unknown,  to  answer  and  shoot  in  the  name 
of  one  J.  II.  Munson,  whose  full  name  is  unknown,  a  member  of  liis  said 
company,  and  allow  the  score  made  by  said  G.  W.  Reinhard  to  be  entered 
upon  the  score  blanks  of  the  rifle  practice  of  said  company  as  having  been 
made  by  said  J.  H.  Munson,  said  J.  II.  Munson  not  being  present  and  not 
having  shot. 

To  vvhicli  charges  and  specifications  the  accused  pleaded  as  follows  : 
To  the  Specification  to  the  Fir.st  Charge. — '•  Guilty." 
To  the  First  Charge. — "  Guilty." 
To  the  Specification  to  the  Second  Cliarge. — "  Guilty." 
To  the  Secono  Charoe. — "  Guilty." 
To  the  Specification  to  the  Third  Charge. — "  Guilty." 
To  the  Third  Charge. — "  Guilty." 
To  the  Specification  to  the  Fourth  Cliarge. — "  Guilty." 
To  the  Fourth  Charge. — "  Guilty." 
To  the  Specification  to  the  Fifth  Charge. — "  Guilty." 
To  the  Fifth  Char(!E. — "  Guilty." 

Sentence. 
And  the  Court,  having  maturely  considered  the  case,  does  therefore,  upon 
the  accused's  plea  of  "guilty"  to  all  the  charges  and  specifications,  sen- 
tence him,  First  Lieutenant  Robert  A  McLaren,  of  Company  "  C,"  Seventy- 
first  Regiment  of  Infantry,  to  be  puhlicly  reprimanded  and  to  pay  a  fine  of 
($5.00)  five  dollars. 

The  proceedings  and  that  portion  of  the  sentence  which  imposes  a  fine  of 
five  dollars  are  approved,  while  the  remainder  of  the  sentence  directing  the 
accused  to  he  pablic/i/  reprimanded  is  necessarily  disapproved,  the  only  pen- 
alty warrantable  under  the  statute  (see  section  207.  Military  Code)  for  the 
oft'ense  alleged  against  the  accused  in  the  several  specifications  being  "  a  fine 
"  of  not  more  than  one  hundred  nor  less  than  five  dollars,"  and  the  Court 
being  restricted  by  par.  188.  General  Regulations,  to  the  imposition  of  only 
one  penalty  where  "  the  same  identical  act  is  alleged  *  *  under  .several 
"distinct  charges  and  specifications,"  which  also  requires  the  sentence  to 
"conform  as  nearly  as  may  be  to  the  language  of  the  statute  pi-ovided  in 
"such  cases."  First  Lieutenant  McLaren  will  resume  his  swoi-d  and  re- 
turn to  duty. 

VII.  -  First  Lieutenant  George  W.  Kershaw,  of  Company  "  E,"  Seventy- 
first  Regiment  Infantry,  on  the  following  charges  and  specifications  : 

Charge  First. —  Violation  of  section  two  hundred  and  seven  of  the  Military 
Code  of  the  State  of  New  York,  by  knowingly  permitting  a  substitute  to  shoot  in 
the  name  of  a  member  of  his  command. 

Specification. — That  said  First  Lieutenant  George  W.   Kershaw,  being  in 

command  of  Company  "  E,"  Seventy-first  Regiment,  First  Division  of  the 

National  Guard  of  the  State  of  New  York,  at  Creedmoor,   Long  Island,  on 

the  seventeenth  day  of  .June,   one  tliousand  eight   hundred   and   seventy- 

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eight,  during  tlie  rifle  practice  of  said  regiment  and  company  on  that  day, 
did  knowingly  permit  one  Sergeant  A.  S.  Bennett,  whose  full  name  is  un- 
known, to  shoot  as  a  substitute  for  and  in  the  name  of  one  J.  II.  Osborn, 
whose  full  name  is  unknown,  and  who  was  not  present  on  that  occasion  and 
who  was  a  member  of  said  company  and  command. 

Charge  SecOiND. —  Violation  of  section  two  hundred  and  seven  of  the  Military 
Code  of  the  State  of  Neic  York,  by  making  a  false  entry  upon  a  score  blank  or 
return  of  rifle  practice. 

Specification. — That  said  First  Lieutenant  George  W.  Kershaw,  being  in 
command  of  Company  "  E,"  Seventy-first  Regiment,  First  Division  of  the 
National  Guard  of  the  State  of  New  York,  at  Creedmoor,  Long  Island,  on 
the  seventeenth  day  of  June,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy- 
eight,  during  the  rifle  practice  of  said  regiment  and  company  on  that  day, 
did  cause  a  false  entry  to  be  mide  upon  a  score  blank  by  permitting  and 
directing  a  score  to  be  entered  upon  the  score  blank  of  the  rifle  practice  of 
his  said  company  as  being  made  by  one  J.  11.  Osborn,  a  member  thereof, 
whose  full  name  is  unknown,  which  score  was  in  fact  made  by  another  per- 
son, namely,  by  one  Sergeant  A.  S.  Bennett,  whose  full  name  is  unknown. 

Charge  Third. —  Violation  of  General  Orders,  number  four  [^),  series  of 
eighteen  hundred  and  seventy-eight,  of  the  First  Division  of  the  National  Guard 
of  the  State  of  JVew  York,  bi/  permitting  a  person  to  shoot  in  a  clnss  to  irhich  he 
did  not  belong. 

Specification. — That  said  First  Lieutenant  George  W.  Kershaw,  being  in 
command  of  Company  "  E,"  Seventy-first  Regiment,  Second  Brigade  and 
First  Division  of  the  National  Guard  of  the  State  of  New  York,  at  Creed- 
moor,  Long  Island,  on  the  seventeenth  day  of  June,  one  thousand  eight 
hundred  and  seventy-eight,  during  the  rifle  practice  of  said  regiment  and 
company  on  that  day,  did  knowingly  permit  one  Sergeant  A.  S.  Bennett, 
whose  full  name  is  unknown,  to  shoot  as  a  substitute  for  one  .J.  H.  Osborn, 
whose  full  name  is  unknown,  and  who  was  not  present  on  that  occasion  and 
who  was  a  member  of  said  company  and  command. 

Charge  Fourth. — Neglect  of  duty. 

Specification. — That  said  First  Lieutenant  George  W.  Kershaw,  being  in 
command  of  Company  "  E,"  Seventy-first  Regiment  of  the  Second  Brigade, 
First  Division  of  the  National  Guard  of  the  State  of  New  York,  during  the 
rifle  practice  of  said  regiment  and  company  at  Creedmoor,  Long  Island,  on 
the  seventeenth  day  of  June,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy- 
eight,  did  allow  one  Sergeant  A.  S.  Bennett,  whose  full  name  is  unknown, 
to  answer  to,  and  shoot  in  the  name  of  one  J  H.  Osborn,  whose  full  name 
is  unknown,  a  member  of  his  said  company,  and  allow  the  score  made  by 
said  Sergeant  A.  S.  Bennett  to  be  entered  upon  the  score  blanks  of  the  rifle 
practice  of  said  company  as  having  been  made  by  said  J.  H.  Osborn,  said 
J.  H.  Osborn  not  being  present  and  not  having  shot,  and  the  allowing  of 
such  acts  by  said  First  Lieutenant  George  W.  Kershaw  being  a  neglect  to 
enforce  a  provision  of  section  one  hundred  and  seven  of  the  Military  Code 
of  the  State  of  New  York. 
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CiFARCE  Fifth. — Di.-iobedience  of  onln-x  b}i  viahitinfi  pin-di/niph  three  Jiitndred 
and  eighty-nine  of  the  Manual  of  Rifle  Practice  hi/  al/owin//  one  man  to  shoot  in 
the  name  of  another. 

Specification. — That  said  First  Lieutenant  George  W.  Kersliaw,  being  in 
command  of  Company  "  E,"  Seventy-first  Uegiment  of  the  National  Guard 
of  the  State  of  New  Yoik,  during  the  rifle  practice  of  said  regiment  and 
company  at  Creedmoor,  Long  Island,  on  the  seventeenth  day  of  June,  in  the 
year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-eight,  did  allow  one  Sergeant 
A.  S.  Bennett,  whose  full  name  is  unknown,  to  answer  and  shoot  in  the 
name  of  one  J.  H.  Osborn,  whose  full  name  is  unknown,  a  member  of  his 
said  company,  and  allow  the  score  made  by  said  Sergeant  A.  S.  Bennett  to 
be  entered  upon  the  score  blanks  of  the  rifle  practice  of  said  company  as 
having  been  made  by  said  J.  H.  Osborn,  said  J.  H.  Osborn  not  being  present 
and  not  having  shot. 

To  which  charges  and  specifications  the  accused  pleaded  as  follows : 
To  the  Specification  to  the  First  Cliarge. — "  Not  Guilty." 
To  the  FiR.ST  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 
To  the  Specification  to  the  Second  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 
To  the  Second  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 
To  the  Specification  to  the  Third  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 
To  the  Third  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 
To  the  Specification  to  the  Fourth  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 
To  the  Fourth  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 
To  the  Specification  to  the  Fifth  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 
To  the  PrFTH  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 
Findings 
The  Court,  having  maturely  considered  the  evidence  adduced,  finds  the 
accused.  First  Lieutenant  George  W.  Kershaw,  as  follows  : 
Of  the  Specification  to  the  First  Charge. — Not  Guilty. 
Of  the  First  Charge.— Not  Guilty. 

Of  the  Specification  to  the  Second  Charge. — Guilty  in  so  ftxr  as  this, 
that  said  First  Lieutenant  George  W.  Kei-shaw,  at  Creedmoor, 
during  the  rifle  practice  of  his  company  on  the  17th  day  of 
June,  1878,  did  cause  a  false  entry  to  be  made  upon  a  score 
blank  by  permitting  and  directing  the  name  of  one  J.  H.  Os- 
born, who  was  not  present  and  who  was  a  member  of  his  said 
company,  to  be  entered  upon  the  score  blank  of  the  rifle  prac- 
tice of  said  company,  by  which  entry  the  score  which  was  made 
by  Sergeant  A  S.  Bennett,  who  was  not  entitled  to  shoot  that 
day,  was  entered  as  having  been  made  by  the  said  J.  H.  Os- 
born. 
Of  the  Second  Charge. — Guilty. 

Of  the  Specification  to  the  Third  Charge. — Not  Guilty. 
Of  the  Third  Charge. — Not  Guilty. 
Of  the  Specification  to  the  Fourth  Charge. — Not  Guilty. 
Of  the  Fourth  Charge — Not  Guilty. 
Of  the  Specification  to  the  Fifth  Charge. — Not  Guilty. 
Of  the  Fifth  Charge. — Not  Guilty. 
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Sentence. 

And  the  Court  does  therefore  sentence  liim,  First  Lieutenant  George  W. 
Kersliaw  of  Company  "  E,"  Seventy. first  Regiment,  to  pay  a  fine  of  twenty- 
five  dollars  (.$-25,00). 

The  proceedings  and  findings  of  the  Court  in  this  case  are  approved  ex- 
cept the  findings  on  the  second  charge  and  the  specification  thereto,  which 
are  disapproved  for  the  fallowing  reasons:  The  specification  alleges  that 
the  accused  "did  cause  a  false  entry  to  be  made  upon  a  score  blank  by 
"  permitting  and  directing  a  score  to  be  entered  upon  the  score  blank  of  the 
'•  rifle  practice,"  etc.,  while  the  finding  is  that  the  accused  "did  cause  a 
"false  entry  to  be  made  upon  a  score  blank  by  permitting  and  directing 
"  tlic  name  of  one  J.  II.  Osboni"  *  *  *  "  to  be  entered  upon  the  score 
"blank  of  rifle  practice,"  etc.  It  was  not  competent  for  the  Court  to  find 
the  accused  guilty  of  any  act  not  distinctly  alleged  in  the  specification,  on 
which  he  had  not  been  arraigned,  and  to  wliich  he  did  not  therefore  plead. 
The  Court  was  competent  to  find  him  guilty  of  a  part  of  a  specification  and 
not  guilty  of  the  remainder,  if  the  evidence  warranted  such  a  finding,  but 
it  had  no  authority  to  substitute  in  its  finding,  language  or  statements  not 
contained  in  the  specification.  While  therefore  the  testimony  clearly  shows 
that  the  accused  was  guilty  of  a  violation  of  section  207  of  the  Military  Code, 
it  was  not,  according  to  the  finding,  in  the  manner  alleged  in  the  specifica- 
tion, and  he  thus  escapes  punishment.  The  sentence  is  therefore  also  disap- 
proved and  First  Lieutenant  Kershaw  will  resume  his  sword  and  return  to 
duty. 

Vin. — First  Lieutenant  .John  H.  Harlcorn,  of  Company  "  H,"  of  the 
Third  Regiment  of  Cavalry,  on  the  fallowing  charges  and  specifications  : 

Charge  First. —  Violation  of  section  two  hundred  and  seven  of  the  Military 
Code  of  the  State  of  New  York,  by  knowinyly  permittincj  a  substitute  to  shoot  in 
the  name  of  a  member  of  his  command. 

Specification. — That  said  First  Lieutenant  John  H.  Hartcorn,  being  in  com- 
mand of  Company  "  H,"  Third  Regiment  of  Cavalry  of  the  First  Division 
of  the  National  Guard  of  the  State  of  New  York,  at  Creednioor,  Long  Island, 
on  the  fifth  day  of  August,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-eight, 
during  the  rifle  practice  of  said  regiment  and  company  on  that  day  did 
knowingly  permit  a  person  whose  name  is  unknown,  to  shoot  as  a  substi- 
tute for  and  in  the  name  of  one  Sergeant  Bramman,  whose  first  name  is 
unknown,  and  who  was  not  present  on  that  occasion  and  who  was  a  member 
of  said  company  and  command. 

CtiAROE  Second. —  Violation  of  section  tivo  hundred  and  seven  of  the  Military 
Code  of  the  State  of  New  York,  by  makiny  a  false  entry  upon  a  score  blank  or 
rettirn  of  rifle  practice. 

Specification. — That  said  First  Lieutenant  John  II.  Hartcorn,  being  in  com- 
mand of  Company  "  H,"  Third  Regiment  of  Cavalry  of  the  First  Division 
of  the  National  Guard  of  the  State  of  New  York,  at  Creednioor,  Long  Island, 
on  the  fifth  day  of  August,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-eight, 
during  the  rifle  practice  of  said  regiment  and  company  on  that  day,  did 
cause  a  false  entry  to  be  made  upon  a  score  blank  by  permitting  and  di- 
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reefing  a  score  to  be  entered  upon  the  score  blank  of  tlie  rifle  practice  of 
his  said  company  as  being  made  by  one  Sergeant  Bramman,  a  member  thereof, 
whose  first  name  is  unknown,  which  score  was  in  ftict  made  by  another 
person,  namely,  by  a  person  whose  name  is  unknown. 

Chauge  Third. —  Violation  of  General  Orders,  immber  four  (4),  series  of 
eighteen  hundred  and  seventy-eight,  of  the  First  Division  of  the  National  Guard 
of  the  State  of  JVew  York,  by  permitting  a  person  to  shoot  in  a  class  to  which  he 
did  not  belong. 

Specification. — That  said  First  Lieutenant  John  H.  Hartcorn,  being  in  com- 
mand of  Company  "  H,"  Third  Regiment  of  Cavalry  of  the  First^Division 
of  the  Xational  Guard  of  the  State  of  New  York,  at  CVeedmoor,  Long  Island, 
on  the  fifth  day  of  August,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-eight, 
during  the  rifie  practice  of  said  regiment  and  company  on  that  day,  did 
knowingly  permit  a  person  whose  name  is  unknown,  to  shoot  as  a  substi- 
tute for  one  Sergeant  Bramman,  whose  first  name  is  unknown,  and  who 
was  not  present  on  that  occasion,  and  who  was  a  member  of  said  company 
and  command. 

Charge  Fourth. — Neglect  of  dutij. 

Specification. — That  said  First  Lieutenant  John  H.  Hartcorn,  being  in  com- 
mand of  Company  "  H,"  Tliird  Kegiment  of  Cavalry  of  the  First  Division 
of  the  National  Guard  of  the  State  of  New  York,  during  the  rifle  practice  of 
said  regiment  and  company  at  Creedmoor,  Long  Island,  on  the  fifth  day  of 
August,  one  tliousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-eight,  did  allow  a  person 
whose  name  is  unknown,  to  answer  to,  and  shoot  in  the  name  of  one  Ser- 
geant Bramman,  a  member  of  his  said  company,  whose  first  name  is  un- 
known, and  allow  the  score  made  by  said  unknown  person  to  be  entered  upon 
the  score  blanks  of  the  rifle  practice  of  said  company  as  having  been  made 
by  said  Sergeant  Bramman,  said  Sergeant  Bramman  not  being  presont  and 
not  liaving  shot,  and  the  allowing  of  such  acts  by  said  First  Lieutenant 
John  H.  Hartcorn  being  a  neglect  to  enforce  a  provision  of  section  one  hun- 
dred and  seven  of  the  Military  Code  of  the  State  of  New  York. 

Charge  Fifth. — Disobedience  of  orders  by  violating  paragraph  three  hundred 
and  eighly-nine  of  the  Manual  of  Rifle  Practice,  by  allowing  one  man  to  shoot  in 
the  name  of  another. 

Specification. — That  said  First  Lieutenant  John  H.  Hartcorn,  being  in  com- 
mand of  Company  "  H,"  Third  Kegiment  of  Cavalry  of  the  National  Guard 
of  the  State  of  New  York,  during  the  rifle  practice  of  said  regiment  and 
company  at  Creedmoor,  Long  Island,  on  the  fifth  day  of  August,  in  the  year 
one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-eight,  did  allow  a  person  whose 
name  is  unknown,  to  answer  and  shoot  in  the  name  of  one  Sergeant  Bram- 
nuin,  a  member  of  his  said  company,  whose  first  name  is  unknown,  and 
did  allow  the  score  made  by  said  unknown  person  to  be  entered  upon  the 
score  blank  of  tlie  rifle  practice  of  said  company,  as  having  been  made  by 
said  Sergeant  Bramman,  said  Sergeant  Bramman  not  being  present  and  not 
liaving  shot. 

To  which  charges  and  specifications  the  accused  pleaded  as  follows  : 
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To  tlie  Specification  to  the  First  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  First  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  Specification  to  the  Second  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  Second  Charge.^"  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  Specification  to  the  Third  Charge. — '•  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  Third  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  Specificatiofi  to  the  Fourth  Charge. — "Not  Guilty." 

To  the  Fourth  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  Specification  to  the  Fifth  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  Fifth  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 

Findings. 

The  Court,  having  maturely  considered  the  evidence  adduced,  finds  the 
accused,  First  Lieutenant  John  H.  Hartcorn,  as  follows  : 

Of  the  Specification  to  the  First  Charge. — Guilty. 

Of  the  First  Charge. — Guilty. 

Of  the  Specification  to  the  Second  Charge. — Guilty, 

Of  the  Second  Charge. — Guilty. 

Of  the  Specification  to  the  Third  Charge. — Guilty. 

Of  the  Third  Charge. — Guilty. 

Of  the  Specification  to  the  Fourth  Charge. — Guilty. 

Of  the  Fourth  Charge. — Not  Guilty. 

Of  the  Specification  to  the  Fifth  Charge. — Guilty. 

Of  the  Fifth  Charge. — Not  Guilty. 

Sentence. 

And  the  Court  does  tiierefore  sentence  him,  First  Lieutenant  John  H. 
Hartcorn,  of  Company  "  H,"  Third  Regiment  of  Cavalry,  to  pay  a  fine  of 
one  hundred  dollars. 

The  proceedings,  findings  and  sentence  in  this  case  are  approved  and 
confirmed. 

IX. — The  Court  Martial  of  which  Colonel  Emmons  Clark  is  President,  is 
dissolved. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  Gen  I  and  Chief  of  Staff. 
Official  : 


and  A.  D.  C. 
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HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD   STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 
155  AND  157  Mercer  Street, 

New  York,  Dec.  7th,  1878. 

General  Orders,  i 
No.  10.  / 

The  following  promotion  and  appointment  on  the  personal  staff  of  the 
Major-General  Commanding  are  hereby  announced  to  take  effect  from  this 
date : 

Captain  Wm.   DeLancey  Boughton,  Aid-de-Camp,  to  be  Aid-de-Camp 
with  the  rank  of  Major,  vice  Alliger,  resigned. 

HiLBERT  B.  Masters  (late  Captain  and  Brevet  Major  U.  S.  Volunteers), 
to  be  Aid-de-Camp  with  the  rank  of  Captain,  vice  Boughton,  promoted. 

They  will  be  obeyed  and  respected  accordingly. 

By  order  of  Major-Genei-al  Alexander  Shaler. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel.  A.  A.  Gen' I  and  Chief  of  Staff. 

OFFiriAL  : 


Colonel  and  Act g  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD   STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 
155  AND  157  Mercer  Street, 

New  York,  June  29th,  1878. 
Circular. 

I. — The  Nevada  Badge,  presented  by  the  National  Guard  of  Virginia  City, 
Nevada,  will  be  open  to  competition  during  the  present  year,  upon  the  fol- 
lowing terms,  prescribed  by  the  donors,  and  Colonel  William  C.  Church, 
as  tlieir  trustee,  as  prescribed  by  General  Orders,  No,  11,  A.  G.  0.,  series 
1877  ;  and  it  is  hoped  that  as  many  companies  of  the  First  Division  as  find 
it  possible  to  do  so,  will  engage  in  the  contest. 

"  Open  only  to  companies  in  the  National  Guard,  not  less  than  thirty-five 
"  (35j  officers  and  men  to  shoot,  and  all  competitors  to  be  certified  to  be 
"  regularly  enrolled  members  of  the  company  they  represent,  and  to  have 
"been  such  on  July  3d,  1878.  Weapon:  Remington  Rifie,  State  model, 
"  with  regulation  ammunition.  Distances  :  200  and  500  yards  ;  five  scoring 
"and  two  sighting  shots  at  each  distance.  Position,  targets,  etc.,  to  con- 
"  form  to  the  rules  of  the  National  Rifle  Association." 

II. — Each  company  intending  to  compete  may  select  any  time  it  may  see 
fit,  provided  that  two  weeks  written  notice  thereof  shall  have  been"^pre- 
viously  given  to  the  General  Inspector  of  Rifle  Practice,  and  that  the  re- 
turns of  practice  are  forwarded  to  him  before  November  1st,  1878. 

III. — Companies  proposing  to  compete  will  notify  the  General  Inspector 
of  Rifle  Practice,  as  early  as  practicable,  either  with  or  without  the  desig- 
nation of  the  day  selected  for  the  competition.  Those  sending  such  notice 
will  be  informed  of  the  time  and  j^lace  of  all  competitions  by  other  compa- 
nies, and  will  be  authorized  to  send  representatives  to  such  competitions  to 
see  that  the  same  are  fairly  conducted. 

IV. — The  Division,  Brigade,  and  Regimental  Inspectors  of  Rifle  Practice 
must  be  notified  of  all  competitions  for  the  Badge  by  organizations  within 
their  respective  commands,  and  should  be  present  and  see  that  the  practice 
therefor  is  properly  conducted. 

V. — In  case  of  stormy  or  tempestuous  weather,  the  Division,  or  in  his 
absence,  the  Brigade  Inspector  of  Rifle  Practice  is  authorized,  on  the  re- 
quest of  the  commanding  officer  of  any  company  that  may  have  selected 
that  day  for  competition,  to  adjourn  the  same  to  the  following  day.  This, 
however,  will  only  be  done  in  exceptional  cases,  and  for  no  longer  time. 

VI. — The  Nevada  Badge  will  be  held  by  its  pi-esent  possessors  until  Novem- 
ber 1st,  1878,  when  it  will  hn  put  at  the  disposition  of  Colonel  William  C. 
Church,  of  the  Army  anil  Navy  Journal,  the  trustee  for  the  same  appointed 
by  the  donors  of  the  Badge.  Colonel  Church  will  transfer  the  Badge  to 
the  company  certified  by  the  Regimental,  Brigade,  Division,  and  General 
Inspectors  of  Rifle  Practice  to  have  made  the  best  score  under  the  foregoing 
regulations,  their  certificate  to  be  accompanied  by  a  copy  of  the  score,  to 


be  published  in  the  number  of  the  Anni/  and  Xari/  Journal  following  its 
receipt.  The  winning  company  will  hold  it  for  one  year,  and  will  be  re- 
quired to  give  bonds  for  its  safe-keeping  and  return  November  1st,  1879,  to 
the  winner  in  competitions  in  1879. 

VII. Ammunition  for  two  practices  and  one  competition  for  the  •'  Nevada 

Badge"  will  be  issued  to  all  companies  giving  notice  of  their  intention  to 
compete  therefor. 

VIII.— Regimental  commanders  are  authorized,  with  the  approval  of  their 
brigade  commander,  to  allow  the  scores  made  in  the  competition  as  a  quali- 
fication for  the  marksman's  badge. 

IX.— Attention  is  called  to  the  State  and  Inter-State  Matches  taking  place 
at  Creedmoor  in  September  of  this  year.  The  team  to  represent  the  State 
of  New  York  in  the  Inter-State  Match  will  be  selected  from  the  fourteen 
members  of  the  various  National  Guard  teams  making  the  highest  aggregate 
individual  scores  in  the  various  matches  of  the  National  Rifle  Association 
open  to  such  teams ;  such  selection  being  based,  not  only  upon  the  scores 
made  in  such  match,  but  upon  the  general  steadiness  and  reliability  of  the 
men,  as  certified  by  the  captains  of  the  regimental  teams  to  which  they 
respectively  belong,  to  the  General  Inspector  of  Rifle  Practice,  who  will  com- 
mand the  team.     The  entrance  fee  for  the  team  will  be  paid  by  the  State. 

X. — It  is  desirable  that  as  many  organizations  as  can  do  so  will  engage  in 
these  matches,  since  though  they  may  not  win,  the  practice  will  be  benticial 
and  will  tend  to  increase  the  number  of  marksmen. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  Gen' I  and  Chief  of  Staff. 

Official  : 


Colonel  and  Act' g  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 
155  AND  157  Mekcer  Street, 

New  York,  August  31st,  1878. 


Circular. 


The  ameudnient  made  to  Sec.  121  of  the  Military  Code  by  the  last  Legis- 
lature, provides  that  the  expense  of  providing  "camp  stools,  apparatus  and 
"  fixtures  for  heating  and  lighting,  and  the  fuel  and  gas  or  oil"  for  the 
armories  "shall  be  a  portion  of  tlie  county  charges." 

In  order  that  the  proper  department  may  be  informed  of  the  require- 
ments of  each  organization,  commanding  ofiBcers  of  Regiments,  Batteries, 
and  Separate  Troops  will,  upon  receipt  of  this,  forward  to  tliese  Head- 
Quarters,  an  estimate  of  the  quantities  of  the  articles  referred  to,  specify- 
ing separately  the  quantities  required  for  the  remainder  of  the  current 
year  and  for  the  year  1879. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 


Officia 


CARL   JUSSEN, 

Colonel  and  A.  A.  A.  GerHl. 


D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 
155  AND  157  Mercer  Street, 

New  York,  Sept.  25th,  1878. 


Circular. 


I. — All  the  rifles  and  carbines  held  by  tlie  infantry  and  cavalry  organiza- 
tions of  this  Division  will  be  inspected  in  their  respective  armories,  eitlier 
on  the  days  designated  by  General  Orders,  No.  7,  c  s.,  from  these  Head- 
Quarters,  or  on  a  day  immediately  preceding  the  same. 

II. — In  making  a  selection  of  a  parade  ground  for  the  coming  inspections, 
the  Inspector-General  desires  commanding  officers  to  designate  a  wide  street, 
unobstructed  by  railway  tracks,  nearest  to  the  armories  of  their  respective 
organizations. 

III. — The  muster-rolls  of  each  oi'ganization  will  be  collected  at  the  sev- 
eral regimental  head-quarters  and  forwarded  to  the  office  of  the  Inspector- 
General  (No.  22  Piatt  street)  on  the  day  prior  to  the  day  of  inspection. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  Geril  and  Chief  of  Staff. 

Official  : 


Colonel  and  AcC g  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD   STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 
155  AND  157  Mercek  Street, 

New  York,  Oct.  9th,  1878. 


Circular. 


The  recent  publication  of  an  official  military  correspondence,  the  subject 
matter  of  which  few  outside  of  military  circles  fully  understand  or  can  pro- 
perly appreciate,  and  in  which  the  general  public  can  have  very  little  inter- 
est, induces  the  Division  Commander  to  call  the  attention  of  all  officers  to  a 
plain  rule  of  etiquette,  which  should  govern  in  all  official  correspondence. 

A  written  communication  with  its  endorsements,  belongs  to  the  highest 
Head-Quarters  to  which  it  may  have  been  addressed  or  forwarded,  whether  it 
has  been  returned  therefi-om  or  not ;  and  a  subordinate  officer,  even  though 
he  be  its  author,  is  not  at  liberty  to  publish  it  without  the  consent  of  the  high- 
est authority  which  has  acted  upon  it.  The  same  is  true  of  official  reports. 
It  is  upon  this  principle  that  an  officer  may  demand  or  direct  the  return  of 
papers  referred  by  him  to  a  subordinate,  and  that  the  latter' s  request  for 
the  return  of  papers  forwarded  by  him  to  a  superior,  may  be  denied. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  GenH  and  Chief  of  Staff. 

Official  : 


Colonel  and  Act' g  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD   STATE  OF  NEW   YORK, 
155  ANi>  157  Mehoer  Street, 

New  York,  Jean.  29th,  1879. 

General  Orders,  | 
No.  1.  / 

A  General  Court  Martial  will  convene  at  the  "  Rendezvous"  (Nos.  7,  9 
and  11  West  1.3th  Street),  on  the  18th  proximo,  at  8  o'clock,  p.  m.,  or  as  soon 
thereafter  as  possible,  for  the  trial  of  Captain  Martin  L.  Vantine,  Company 
"  C,"  71st  Regiment  Infantry,  and  such  otlier  officers  as  may  be  brought 
before  it. 

Detail  for  the  Court  : 

Brigadier-General  William  G.  Ward,  1st  Brigade. 
Colonel  George  I).  Scott,  8th  Regiment  Infantry. 
Lieutenant-Colonel  (-harles  A.  Post,  Ordnance  Officer,  1st  Division. 

Major  Daviu  B.  Williamson,  Judge  Advocate,  od  Brigade,  is  appointed 
tiie  Judge  Advocate  for  the  (]ourt. 

The  Court  will  sit  without,  regard  to  hours. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shalek. 


HENRY'  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  Gen' I  and  Chief  of  Staff. 

Official  : 


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Colonel  and  AcCg  A.  1).  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD   STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 

155  AND  157  Mkrcku  Sthket, 

New  York,  March   7th,   1879. 
General  Orders,  > 

No.  2.  I 

Pursuant  to  Section  285  of  the  Military  Code,  a  Court  Martial  is  hereby 
ordered  for  the  trial  of  the  officers  in  tlie  several  brigades  above  the  rank  of 
captain,  and  of  all  officers  belonging  to  the  cavalry  and  artillery  organiza- 
tions of  this  Division,  who  have  been  returned  as  ".absent  from  any  parade, 
encampment,  drill  or  meeting  for  instruction,"  held  pursuant  to  orders 
during  the  year  1878. 

Detail  for  the  Court: 

Brigadier-General  Frederick  Vilmar,  2d  Brigade. 

Colonel  Cornelius  B.   Mitchell,  Chief  of  Artillery,  1st  Division. 

Lieutenant-Colonel   William  DeLacy,  (J9th  Regiment  Infimtry. 

The  Court  will  assemble  at  the  "Rendezvous"  (Nos.  7,  9  and  11  West 
13th  Street),  on  Thursday,  March  27th,  1879,  at  8  o'clock,  p.  m. 

By  order  of  Major-General   Alexander   Shaler. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  Geti'l  and  Chief  of  Staff. 

Official  : 


Colonel  and  AcCg  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

N'ATIONAL  guard  state  of  new  YORK, 

155  AND  157  Mercer  Street, 

New  York,  April  5th,  1879. 
General  Orders.  ] 
No.  3.  / 

1. — Pursuant  to  Special  Orders  No.  40,  c.  s.,  from  General  Head-Quarters, 
the  organizations  of  this  command  are  hereby  ordered  to  parade  for  in- 
spection and  muster  as  required  by  section  130,  Military  Code,  upon  suita- 
ble parade  grounds  to  be  selected  by  the  several  commandants,  as  follows: 

71st  Regiment  Infantry  on  Monday,  the  12th  proximo,  at  2  o'clock,  p.  m. 

8th  "  ••     '    ■•    Tuesday,         13th         "  "  2 

9th  ••  '•         ••    Wednesday.    14th         "  "  2         "         " 

«9th  •'  "         "    Thursday,       15th         "  "  2 

5th  ••  "         "    Friday,  '  16th         "  "  2 

11th  '■  •'         ••    Monday,         19th         "  "  2 

12tli  ■•  ••         '•    Tuesday,         20th         "  "  2 

7th  •'  ••         ••    Wednesday,    21st         "  "  2         "         " 

3d  '•      Cavalry,     '•    Thursday,        22d         "  "  2         '•         " 

22d  "      Infantry,   "    Saturday,        24th  '■  "  12         "        M. 

Separate  Troops  •'  \"  and  "  B,"  on  Moiulay,  2()th  "  "  2         "        p.  m. 

Batteries  ••  B"  ami  "  K,  '  on  Tuesday,  27th  "  '•  2         "         " 

II. — The  Field,  Staff,  Troop  and  Battery  officers  will  parade  mounted. 

III. — The  commandants  of  the  several  organizations  will  designate  the 
pariide  grounds  selected,  in  orders,  and  forward  two  copies  of  the  same  to 
these  Head-(juarters.  as  soon  as  they  are  promulgated. 

IV. — The  necessary  blank  muster-rolls  will  be  provided  and  one  copy  of 
the  same,  properly  prepareil  and  endorsed  with  the  full  post  office  address 
of  the  commandant,  will  be  forwarde<l  to  Brigadier-General  .John  B.  Wood- 
ward, Inspector-General,  S.  N.  Y.,  V.  0.  Box  No.  1748,  New  York  City,  at 
least  twenty  days  prior  to  the  dates  of  the  several  musters  herein  ordered, 
for  examination  as  required  by  section  152,  Military  Code. 


V. — The  attention  of  commanding  officers  is  directed  to  the  following 
provisions  of  the  Military  Code : 

"  §  207.  Every  commissioned  officer,  and  every  non-commissioned  officer, 
"musician  and  private,  shall,  on  due  conviction,  be  subject,  for  the  follow- 
"  ing  offenses,  to  the  fines  and  penalties  thereto  annexed  : 

"1.  Every  commissioned  officer,  for  non-attendance  at  any  drill,  parade 
"  or  encampment,  *  *  *  *  qj.  making  a  false  entry  upon 
"a  muster-roll,  or  knowingly  muster  as  a  soldier  a  substitute  or  a  person 
"  who  is  not  a  regularly  enlisted  soldier  in  and  a  member  of  his  command, 
"  *  *  *  *  a  fine  of  not  more  than  one  hundred,  nor  less 
"  than  five  dollars." 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexandek  Shaler. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  GerCl  and  Chief  of  Staff. 

Official: 


Colonel  and  Ac(g  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD   STATE  OF  NEW   YORK, 

155  AND  157  Meucku  Stkket, 

New  York,  April  11th,   1879. 
Genekal  Ordeus,  I 
No.  4.  / 

I. — Before  a  Geueral  Court  Martial  which  couvened  at  the  •'  Rendez- 
vous "  (7,  9  and  11  West  13th  Street),  city  of  New  York,  pursuant  to 
General  Orders  No.  1,  c.  s.,  from  these  Head-quarters  and  of  which  Brig- 
adier-General William  G.  Ward,  First  Brigade,  is  President,  was  arraigned 
and  tried  : 

Captaiu  Michael  Brennau,  of  Company  "  A,"  Sixty-ninth  Regiment  In- 
fantry, on  the  following  charge  and  specification  : 

Charge. — Neglect  of  duty,  to  the  prejudice  of  good  order  and  military  dis- 
cipline. 

Specification. — In  this  that  the  said  Captain  Michael  Brennan,  command- 
ing Co.  "  A,"  69th  Regiment,  Third  Brigade,  First  Division,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y., 
did  fail  and  neglect  to  make  and  forward  to  Regimental  Head-quarters  69th 
Regiment,  on  or  before  the  5th  day  of  January,  1879,  a  quarterly  return  on 
Form  No.  91,  Military  Code,  as  required  by  General  Orders  No.  9,  issued 
from  Head-quarters  Third  Brigade,  First  Division,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  and  also 
by  General  Orders  No.  10,  supplement,  issued  from  the  Adjutant-General's 
Office,  Albany,  under  date  of  July  6th,  1878. 

To  which  the  accused  pleaded  as  follows  : 

To  the  Specification. — "Guilty." 
To  the  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 

Finding. 

The  Court  having  maturely  considered  the  plea  and  statement  of  the 
accused,  finds  him,  Captain  Michael  Brennan, 

Of  the  Specification. — Guilty. 
Of  the  Charge. — Guilty. 


Sentence. 

And  the  Court  does  therefore  sentence  him,  Captain  Michael  Brennan  of 
Company  "  A,"  Sixty-ninth  Regiment  Infantry,  to  be  reprimanded  in 
General  Orders  by  thk  Division  Commander. 

II. — Tlie  proceedings,  findings  and  sentence  of  tlie  Court  are  approved 
and  confirmed  Promptness  in  tlie  rendition  of  reports  and  returns  is 
essential  to  the  proper  conduct  of  business,  especially  when,  as  in  this 
instance,  the  reprehensible  neglect  of  a  company  commander  involves  de- 
lay in  the  compilation,  and  prevents  the  forwarding  of  the  returns  of  the 
entire  Division  at  the  proper  time.  It  will  be  well  for  Captain  Brennan  to 
pay  greater  attention  to  the  requirements  of  the  law,  regulations  and 
orders  on  this  subject  in  the  future.  lie  will  resume  his  sword  and  return 
to  duly. 


By  order  of  Major-General   Alexander  Shaler. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  Geii'l  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


Official  ; 


Colonel  and  AcCg  A.  I).  C. 


Generai,  Orders. 
No.  5. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD   STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 
155  AND  157  Mercer  Street, 

New  York,  May  9th,   1879. 


} 


I.— The  Division  will  parade  on  the  30th  instant  to  participate  in  the 
ceremonies  of  Decoration  Day,  as  escort  to  the  organizations  parading  under 
the  direction  of  the  Grand  Marshal  of  the  day  and  for  review  by  His  Excel- 
lency the  Commander-in-Chief. 

II- — Tlie  troops  will  be  formed  in  close  columns,  the  heads  resting  on 
Fifth  avenue,  in  the  following  order : 

Separate  Troops  "  A  "  and  "  B  "  on  East  34th  street. 

The  Third  Brigade  on  West  34th  and  West  33d  streets. 

Battery  "  B"  on  East  33d  street. 

The  First  Brigade  on  West  32d  street. 

Battery  "K"  on  East  32d  street. 

The  Second  Brigade  on  West  31st  street. 

The  Third  Regiment  Cavalry  on  East  31st  street. 

The  column  will  move  in  the  order  above  given  at  11  o'clock,  a.  m. 

III.— The  line  of  march  will  be  down  Fifth  avenue  to  14th  street,  to  and 
around  Union  Square,  to  Broadway,  to  Murray  street. 

IV.— At  the  Worth  Monument  the  honors  of  a  marching  salute  will  be 
paid  to  His  E.\cellency  the  Commander-in-Chief,  accompanied  by  other  civic 
and  military  officials. 

V  — Upon  the  arrival  of  the  head  of  the  column  at  Murray  street,  line 
will  be  formed  for  the  passage  of  the  organizations  under  escort,  the  follow- 
ing necessary  modifications  of  the  prescribed  formation  being  observed  : 

Fu7-  Iiifuntr;/. 

The  rear  rank  will  be  aligned  upon  the  curb  and  the  distances 
will  be  diminished  as  follows:  two  yards  from  the  rear  to 
the  front  rank  and  from  the  front  rank  to  the  line  of  com- 
pany officers,  and  one  and  three  yards  respectively  from  the 
line  of  company  officers  to  the  croup  of  the  field  and  com- 
manding officers'  horses. 


For   C/ivaln/. 

The  rank  against  tlie  curb;  tlie  tile-closers  in  rank  ;  the  chiefs 
of  platoon,  troop,  battalion  and  regimental  commanders, 
respectively,  one,  two,  three  anil  four  yards,  from  head  to 
croup  of  horses,  in  advance  of  the  rank. 

For   Artillery. 

In  columns  of  sections  (pieces  in  battery),  along  the  curb;  the 
chiefs  of  platoon  and  battery  commanders,  respectively,  one 
and  three  yards,  frdin  muzzle  of  pieces  to  crouji  of  horses, 
in  advance. 

The  brigade  commanders  with  theii'  staffs  and  orderlies  will  take 
post  on  the  right  of  their  respective  biigades  slightly  in  advance  of 
the  line  of  regimental  comHianders. 

Regimental,  separate  troop  and  ))altery  commanders  will  cause 
their  commands  to  salute  upon  the  arrival  of  the  Grand  Marshal 
at  a  point  twenty  yards  from  the  left  of  their  several  organizations, 
and   to  carry  arms   when  the   salute  is  acknowledged. 

VI. — When  the  rear  of  the  escoi'ted  organizations  has  passed  the  right 
of  the  line,  the  Division  will  break  from  the  right  to  march  to  the  left, 
by  regiments  and  proceed  up  IJroadway  to  Union  Square,  where  the  parade 
will  be  dismissed.  All  organizations  will  march  to  their  armories  by  the 
shortest  available  route,  turning  from  14th  street  in  the  proper  direction  as 
soon  as  practicable,  in  order  that  lines  of  travel  may  not  be  unnecessarily 
obstructed. 

VII. — The  Division  Staff  will  assemble,  mounted  and  in  full  uniform,  at 
the  Rendezvous  (Nos.  7,  0  and  11  West  18th  street),  at  10  o'clock,  a.  m. 

By  order  of  Major-General   Ai,i;.\ANi)Ktt  Shai.kr. 

HENRY   A.  GILDEKSLEKVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  GenH  and  Chief  of  Stuff. 

OtKlDIAI.  : 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD   STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 
1;'5  AND  157  Meuceu  Street, 

New  York,   May  17th,   1879. 


General  Orders, 
No.   6. 


I. — The  rifle  practice  of  this  Division  at  Creedmoor  for  (he  season  of  1870 
will  he  conducted  as  follows  : 

1. — The  first  practice  for  eacli  of  the  organizations  as  below  as- 
signed will  be  for  the  Marksman's  Badge  by  the  present 
marksmen,  and  by  those  who  may  be  considered  by  the 
Regimental  Inspectors  of  Rifle  Practice  to  be  suflSciently 
skilled,  vide  Wingate's  Manual  of  Rifle  Practice,  as  amended, 
par.  285,  288,  289.  All  who  may  qualify  will  be  exempt 
from  further  practice  during  the  year. 

No  one  shall  be  allowed  to  shoot  in  any  class  to  which  he 
does  not  belong,  except  as  above  prescribed.  Musicians 
and  drummers  will  not  be  allowed  to  shoot.  No  score  made 
by  any  officer  or  man  in  class  firing  is  to  be  recognized,  ex- 
cept when  made  at  a  target  to  which  he  has  been  regularly 
assigned  and  where  his  name  has  been  previously  entered 
upon  a  score  blank.  All  must  stand  upon  the  first  qualify- 
ing score  made  in  any  class.  Commanding  officers  will  be 
held  responsible  for  violations  of  these  regulations. 

Cavalry   Organizations,   113  Marksmen. 

on  June  2d. 

First  Brigade,  263  Marksmen. 

on  June  5th. 
Second   Brigade,  275  Marksmen. 

on  June  (Jth. 
Third   lirigade,  ^"^2  Marksmen. 
7th  Regiment  on  June  Ofh. 
8th  and  G9th  Regiments  on  June  lOtb. 

2. — -The  second  practice  will  be  in  tlie  third  class  and  subsequent 
classes  for  all  those  who  have  not  qualified  as  marksmen 
this  year.  In  this  and  the  following  practices  one  day  will 
be  devoted  to  each  regiment,  and  no  two  or  more  regiments 
or  detachments  from  different  regiments  will  occupy  the 
range  on  the  same  day.  Brigade  commanders  will  be  guided 
by  the  above  provision  in  issuing  their  orders. 


First   Briijade. 
June  20tli,  July  Ttli  and  l«th. 

Second    lirigade. 
June  23J,  July  lltb  and  21st.. 

Tliird  Brigade. 
June  2fitli.  July  ITtli  and  24tli. 
Cavalry    Onjaiiizations. 
July  3 1st. 

3. — The  tliird  practice  will  be  in  the  third,  second  and  first  clas- 
ses by  those  who  have  previously  failed  to  qualify  in  such 
classes. 

First   Brigade. 
August  1st,  15th  and  28th. 
Second  Brigade. 
August  4th,  18th  and  Sept.  1st. 

Third   Brigade. 
August  11th,  21st  and  Sept.  8th. 

i'aralrij    Organizations. 
August  2'.lth. 

4. — In  addition  to  the  above,  there  will  Ije  a  number  of  days  af- 
ter the  8th  of  September  on  which  the  range  may  be  secured 
for  practice  by  organizations  desirous  of  so  doing,  upon 
proper  and  approved  application  therefor  made  tlirough  the 
usual  channels  to  these  ilead-t^tuarteis. 

II. — All  members  failing  to  qualify  in  an}'  cl.iss  will  be  re(iuired  to  rej>eat 
the  practice  on  the  same  day  not  more  than  once. 

III. — On  any  practice  ilay,  when  men  qualify  in  any  class,  tliey  will  be 
practiceil  in  the  next  class  if  time  will  peruiit. 

IV. —  Kach  regiment  and  separate  troop  may  draw  for  one  transportation 
to  and  from  Creedmoor  for  each  officer,  non-commissioned  officer  and  sol- 
dier in  each  organization  on  March  31st  1879,  as  sliown  by  the  returns 
for  the  first  quarter  of  1879.  The  commanding  officer  of  each  regiment 
or  separate  troop  sending  a  team  to  Creedmoor  to  compete  for  the  State 
prizes  for  infantry  and  cavalry  will  be  allowed  one  transportation  to  and 
from  Creedmoor  for  each  member  of  such  team  (excluding  all  substitutes 
and  attendants),  provided  that  requisitions  therefor,  duly  approved  at  Di- 
vision and  Brigade  Ifead-quarters  be  forwarded  in  time  to  reach  the  Chief 
of  Ordnance  and  Acting  Assistant  Quartermaster  General  at  least  thirty 
flays  prior  to  the  time  fixed  for  such  competition.  Under  no  circumstan- 
ces will  other  expenses  connected  with  teams  competing  in  any  match  be 
defrayed  from  the  military  fund  of  the  State  during  the  current  year. 


V. — The  division  and  brigade  staffs,  each  regiment  and  separate  troop 
having   a  figure  of  merit  for  1878  of  over  25    (see  G.  0.  No.  23.  series 

1878,  A.  G.  0.),  will  be  allowed  to  draw  not  to  exceed  forty  cartridges  for 
each  officer,  non-commissioned  officer  and  soldier  therein  on  March  31st, 

1879,  as  shown  by  the  quarterly  returns.  Organizations  having  a  figure  of 
merit  of  2o  or  under  will  be  allowed  to  draw  not  to  exceed  twenty  cart- 
ridges in  the  same  manner,  and  as  soon  as  they  have  expended  that  amount 
in  class  firing,  will  be  allowed  to  draw  twenty  rounds  more. 

VI. — Requisitions  for  ammunition  and  transportation  will  be  made  upon 
blanks  furnished  by  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  and  Acting  Assistant  Quarter- 
master General,  signed  by  the  commanding  officer  of  the  organization,  and 
forwarded  through  the  regular  channels  with  the  approval  of  Brigade  com- 
manders endorsed  thereon  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  through  these  Head- 
Quaiters.  The  ammunition  will  be  issued  either  at  the  New  York  State  Ar- 
senal or  from  the  State  magazine  at  Creedmoor  as  commanding  officers  may 
elect. 

VII. — Blanks  for  rifle  practice  will  be  issued  from  these  Head-quarters. 
They  will  be  kept  carefully  written  up  and  the  "  Company  Classification 
Roll"   must  be  conspicuously  displayed  in  the  various  company  rooms. 

VIII. — Commanding  officers  will  make  the  necessary  details  for  guard 
duty  and  give  such  instructions  as  will  insure  good  order  and  discipline  in 
going  to,  returning  from  and  while  oti  the  I'ange,  which  instructions  will 
embrace  that  part  of  the  range  assigned  to  the  use  of  the  troops,  but  must 
not  interfere  with  the  privileges  of  members-of  the  National  Hifle  Associa- 
tion who  have  at  all  times  the  right  to  enter  within  the  range  and  use  any 
portion  of  it  not  occupied  by  the  troops. 

IX. — Troops  will  leave  Long  Island  City  by  train  at  8,  a.  m.  (34th  street 
ferry.  New  York,  15  minutes  earlier),  and  will  return  by  train  leaving 
Creedmoor  at  5:30,  p.  m. 

X. — Brigade  commanders  will  issue  the  necessary  orders  for  carrying  out 
the  provisions  of  this  order  without  delay,  an  extra  copy  of  which,  as  well 
as  of  the  regimental  and  troop  orders  issued  in  pursuance  hereof,  will  be 
forwarded  to  these  Head-quarters. 

By  order  of  M.ajor-General  .Alkxa.nukr  Shalei?. 

HENRY  A.  GILUERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  Gen' I  and  Chief  of  Stuff. 


Colonel  and  Acl'ff  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD   STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 

155  AND  157  Merckk  Stkeet, 

Nkw  Yofk,  May  19th,   1879. 
General  OuoEiis.  | 

No.  7.  / 

I. — Tlie  time  for  the  column  to  move  on  the  30th  in.stant  ns  dii-ected  in 
Pai-agraph  II  of  General  Orders  No.  5.  c.  s.,  from  these  Head-Quarters,  is 
hereby  changed  to  9:30.  a.  m. 

II. — The  Division  Staff  will  assemble  at  8:30.  a.  m.,  instead  of  10.  a.  m., 
as  directed  by  Paragraph  VII  of  General  Orders  No.  5.  c.  s. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  Gen" I  and  Chief  of  Staff. 

Official  :  _  // 


Colonel  and  AcCg  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-^JUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD   STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 
l-^S  AND  157  Mercer  Street, 

New  York,  July  "28,   1879. 

fiENERAL  Orders,  ) 

No.  8.  i 

A  General  Court  Martial  will  convene  at  the  "Rendezvous"  (Nos.  7,  '.> 
find  11  West  loth  Street),  on  the  11th  proximo,  at  8  o'clock,  p.  m.,  or  as 
soon  thereafter  as  possible,  for  tlie  trial  of  Captain  Hugli  Coleman,  Company 
"  E,"  69th  Regiment  Infantry,  and  Second  Lieutenant  Leon  Backer,  Com- 
pany "  F,"  22d  Regiment  Infantry,  and  such  other  officers  as  may  be 
brought  before  it. 

Detail  foh  the  Court  : 

Brigadier-General  J.  M.  Varian,  -Sd  Brigade. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  M.  P.  L.  Montgomery,  9th  Regiment  Infantry. 

Major  Wm.  DeLancey  Boughton,  A.  D.  C.  1st  Division. 

Major  H.  W.  Webb,  Judge  Advocate,  1st  Brigade,  is  appointed  the  Judge 
Advocate  for  the  Court. 

The  court  will  sit  without  regard  to  hours. 

By  order  of  Major-Genei-al  Alexander  Shalek. 

HENRY  A.  GILDEllSLEIiVE, 

/^~\  Colonel,  A.  A.  Gen  I  and  Chief  of  St. iff. 

Ohiciai,  :  /    N.  I  1 


Colonel  and  Acl'ff  A.  I>.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD   STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 
155  AND  157  Mercer  Street, 

New  York,  Oct.  2,   1879. 

General  Orders,  | 

No.  9.  / 

I.  Before  a  General  Court  Martial  which  convened  at  the  "  Rendezvous," 
(Nos.  7,  9,  and  11  West  13th  Street)  city  of  New  York,  pursuant  to  General 
Orders  No.  8.  c.  s.,  from  these  Head-Quarters,  and  of  which  Brigadier-Gen- 
eral Josliua  M.  Varian,  3d  Brigade,  is  President,  was  arraigned  and  tried  : 

Captain  Hugh  Coleman,  of  Company  "  E,"  Sixty-ninth  Regiment  Infan- 
try, on  the  following  charges  and  specifications  : 

Charge  First. — Disobedience  of  orders. 

Specification  First. — In  this  that  he,  the  said  Captain  Hugh  Coleman, 
Company  '-E,"  Sixty-ninth  Regiment,  Tliird  Brigade,  First  Division  Na- 
tional Guard  State  of  New  York,  wliile  on  duty  and  in  uniform,  did  disobey 
the  legal  order  of  his  superior  and  commanding  officer  Major  Edward  DuflFy 
of  the  said  Sixty-ninth  Regiment,  as  follows,  to  wit:  the  said  Sixty-ninth 
Regiment  being  on  the  march  from  the  regimental  armory  to  the  place  to 
which  it  had  been  ordered  to  proceed  for  inspection  the  said  Major  Duify 
being  then  and  there  the  superior  and  commanding  officer  of  the  said  Cap- 
tain Hugh  Coleman,  and  the  said  Captain  Hugh  Coleman  being  then  and 
there  in  command  of  Company  "  E,"  of  said  regiment  and  said  Company 
"E"  being  the  seventh  company  from  the  head  of  the  column  of  said  regi- 
ment as  the  same  was  then  marching,  and  said  Company  "  E"  having  lost 
much  distance  so  as  to  leave  a  long  interval,  namely  an  interval  of  about  one 
hundred  yards,  be  the  same  more  or  less,  between  the  said  Company  "E" 
and  the  rear  of  the  portion  of  the  column  then  preceding  it,  the  said  Major 
Edward  Uutfy  with  the  intention  and  for  the  purpose  of  causing  said  com- 
pany to  take  its  proper  place  in  the  column,  did  give  to  the  said  Captain 
Hugh  Coleman  the  order  to  cause  his  command  to  march  at  double  time 
by  saying  '-Captain,  double  time,"  or  words  to  that  effect,  which  order  the 
said  Captain  Hugh  Coleman  did  then  and  there  disobey.  This  at  Ludlow 
street  in  the  City  of  New  York  on  the  fifteenth  day  of  May,  1879. 

Specification  Second.— \n  this  that  he,  the  said  Captain  Hugh  Coleman, 
Company  "  E,"  Sixty-ninth  Regiment  Third  Brigade  First  Division  Na- 
tional Guard  State  of  York,  while  on  duty  and  in  uniform  did  disobey  the 
legal  order  of  his  superior  and  commanding  officer  Major  Kdward  Duffy, 
of  the  said  Sixty-ninth  Regiment  as  follows,  to  wit:  the  said  Sixty-ninth 
Regiment  being  on  the  march  from  the  regimental  armory  to  the  place  to 
which  it  had  been  ordered  to  proceed  for  inspection,  the  said  Major  Edward 
Duffy  being  then  and  there  the  superior  and  commanding  officer  of  the  said 
Captain  Hugh  Coleman  and  the  said  Captain  Hugh  Coleman  being  then  and 
there  in  command  of  Company  "E"   of  said  regiment  and  said  Company 


"E"  being  the  seventh  company  from  the  head  of  the  column  of  said  regi- 
ment, as  the  same  was  then  marching,  and  said  Company  "  E"  liaving  lost 
much  distance  so  as  to  leave  a  long  interval,  namely  an  interval  of  about 
one  hundred  yards,  be  the  same  more  or  less,  between  the  said  Company 
"E"  and  the  rear  of  the  portion  of  the  column  then  preceding  it,  aftei 
he  the  said  Major  Edward  Dutty  had  once  given  tlie  said  Captain  Hugh 
Coleman  an  order  to  cause  his  command  to  march  at  double  time,  and  after 
said  Captain  Hugh  Coleman  had  once  disobeyed  such  order,  he  the  said 
j\Iajor  Edward  Duffy,  after  waiting  a  reasonable  time  to  allow  said  Captain 
Hugh  Coleman  to  cause  said  order  to  be  execuled,  did,  with  the  intention 
and  for  the  purpose  of  causing  said  company  to  take  its  proper  place  in  the 
column,  again  order  said  Captain  Ilugli  Coleman  to  cause  his  company  to 
march  at  double  time  saying  to  said  Captain  Hugh  Coleman,  "  Captain, 
double  time"  or  words  to  that  effect,  which  order  the  said  Captain  Hugh 
Coleman,  did  then  and  there  disobey.  This  at  Ludlow  street  in  the  city  ol 
New  York  on  the  fifteenth  day  of  May,  1879. 

Specification  Third. — In  this  that  he,  the  said  Captain  Hugh  Coleman, 
Company  •'  E,"  Sixty-ninth  Regiment,  Third  Urigade  First  Division  Na- 
tional Guard  State  of  New  York,  while  on  duty  and  in  uniform  did  disobey 
the  legal  order  of  his  superior  and  commanding  officer  Major  Edward  Duffy, 
of  the  said  Sixty-ninth  Itegiment,  as  follows,  to  wit:  the  said  Sixty-ninth 
Regiment  being  on  the  march  from  the  regimental  armoi'y  to  the  place  to 
which  it  had  been  ordered  to  pi'oceed  for  .inspection,  the  said  Major  Edward 
Duffy  being  then  and  there  the  superior  and  commanding  officer  of  the  said 
Captain  Hugh  Coleman,  and  the  said  Captain  Hugh  Coleman  being  then 
and  there  in  command  of  Company  "E"  of  said  regiment,  and  said  Com- 
pany "  E"  being  the  seventh  company  from  the  head  of  the  column  of  said 
regiment,  as  the  same  was  then  marching,  and  said  Company  "E"  liaving 
lost  nuich  distance  so  as  to  leave  a  long  interval,  namely  an  interval  of 
about  one  hundred  yards,  be  the  same  more  or  less,  between  the  said  Com- 
pany "E"  and  the  rear  of  the  portion  of  the  column  then  preceding  it,  after 
lie,  the  said  Major  Duffy,  had  twice  given  the  said  Captain  Hugh  Coleman 
an  order  to  cause  his  command  to  march  at  double  time  and  said  Captain 
Hugh  Coleman  had  twice  disobeyed  such  order,  he  the  said  Major  Edward 
Duffy,  being  then  and  there  in  command  of  the  left  wing  of  the  said  regi- 
ment which  had  become  separated  from  the  right  wing  of  said  regiment, 
did  with  the  intention  and  for  the  object  and  purpose  of  causing  said  left 
wing  to  resume  its  proper  place  in  the  column,  give  the  said  left  wing  an 
order  to  marcli  at  double  time  in  the  words  "Left  wing,  double  time,"  or 
words  to  that  effect.  Upon  hearing  said  order  given  as  hereinabove  last 
set  forth,  the  said  Captain  Hugh  Coleman  did  then  and  there  order  his  com- 
pany, viz.  :  Company  "E"  of  said  Sixty-ninth  Regiment,  to  "Halt,"  and 
did  cause  said  order  to  halt  to  be  executed,  said  company  being  then  at  the 
head  of  the  column  of  the  left  wing  of  said  Sixty-ninth  Regiment  and  did 
thereby  delay  and  prevent  the  prompt  execution  of  the  aforesaid  legal  order 
given  by  said  Major  Edward  Duffy  to  the  left  wing  of  said  Sixty-ninth  Regi- 
ment, and  the  said  Captain  Hugh  Coleman,  at  or  about  the  time  of  causing 
his  command  to  halt  as  hereinbefore  last  set  forth,  did  say  to  Company  "  E" 
of  said  Sixty-ninth  Regiment  then  under  his  command,  or  to  officers  or 
men  of  said  company,  "  Take  no  orders  from  that  fellow  do  as  I  tell  3'ou." 
referring  thereby  to  Major  Edwai-d  Duffy.  This  at  Ludlow  street  in  the 
city  of  New  Y'ork  on  the  fifteenth  day  of  May,  1879. 
2 


specification  Fourt/i. — In  this  tliat  he  the  said  Captain  Hugh  Coleman, 
Company  "E,"  .Sixty-ninth  Regiment,  Third  Brigade,  First  Division  Na- 
tional Guard  State  of  New  Vorli,  while  on  duty  and  in  uniform,  and  in  the 
presence  of  commissioned  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  said  regiment, 
while  said  regiment  was  proceeding  from  the  regimental  armory  to  the 
place  to  which  it  had  been  ordered  to  proceed  for  inspection,  did  disobey 
the  legal  order  of  Major  Edward  Duffy,  his  superior  and  commanding  offi- 
cer, by  refusing  to  consider  himself  in  arrest  when  ordered  to  consider 
himself  in  arrest  by  the  said  Major  Edward  Duffy  who  was  then  and 
there  in  command  of  the  left  wing  of  said  Sixty-nintli  Regiment,  of  which 
left  wing  tlie  said  Company  "E"  formed  a  part.  Tliis  in  Houston  street 
in  the  city  of  New  York  on  the  fitteenth  day  of  May  1879. 

Chaugb  Second. — Conduct  to  the  prejudice  o/'/jod  order  and  viditari/  discipline. 

Specijiciition  First. — In  this  that  he  the  said  Captain  Hugh  Coleman,  Com- 
pany "  E,"  Sixty-nintli  Regiment,  Third  Brigade,  First  Division  National 
Guard  State  of  New  Vork,  while  on  duty  and  in  uniform,  and  while  the  said 
regiment  was  on  parade  and  in  the  presence  of  commissioned  officers  and 
enlisted  men  of  said  regiment,  disobeyed  the  legal  orders  of  his  superior 
officer,  M:ijor  Edward  Duffy.  This  in  Ludlow  street  in  the  city  of  New 
York  on  the  fifteenth  day  of  May,  187'-'. 

Specification  Second.— In  tliis  that  he,  the  said  Captain  Hugh  Coleman 
Company  "  E,"  Sixty  ninth  Regiment,  Third  Brigade,  First  Division  Na- 
tional Guard  State  of  New  York,  while  on  duty  and  in  uniform,  and  in  the 
presence  and  hearing  of  commissioned  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  said  regi- 
ment, ordered  his  company  not  to  obey  the  legal  orders  of  his  superior  offi- 
cer Major  Edward  Duffy  of  the  said  Sixty-ninth  Regiment.  This  in  Lud- 
low street  in  the  city  of  New  York  on  tlie  fifteenth  day  of  May,  1879. 

Ch.-iuge  Third.  —  Breach  of  arrest. 

Specification  First. — In  this  that  he  the  said  Captain  Hugh  Coleman  Com- 
pany "  E,"  Sixty-ninth  Regiment,  National  Guard  State  of  New  York,  while 
said  regiment  was  proceeding  from  the  regimental  arnun-y  to  the  place  desig- 
nated for  a  regimental  inspection  after  he  tlic  said  Captain  Hugh  Coleman 
had  been  duly  placed  in  arrest  by  the  legal  orders  of  his  superior  officer 
Major  Edward  Duffy  did  attempt  to  assume  command  of  his  company,  and 
did  then  and  there  in  presence  of  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  said  regiment 
say,  "  I  disregard  the  authority  of  Major  Edward  Duffy  to  put  me  in  ar- 
rest," or  words  to  that  effect.  This  in  Second  Avenue  New  York  on  the  fif- 
teenth day  of  May,  1879. 

Specification  Second. — In  this  that  he,  the  said  Captain  Hugh  Colemnu, 
Company  "  E,"  Sixty-ninth  Regiment  National  Guard  State  of  New  York, 
while  the  said  regiment  was  marching  from  the  regimental  armory  to  the 
place  to  which  it  had  been  ordered  for  inspection,  after  lie  the  said  Captain 
Hugh  Coleman  had  been  legally  placed  in  ai-rest  and  after  Lieutenant  Rob- 
ert McFeeley  had  been  duly  assigned  by  Colonel  James  Cavanagh  command- 
ing said  Sixty-ninth  Regiment  to  the  command  of  Company  "E"  of  said 
regiment  in  place  of  said  Captain  Hugh  Coleman  did,  while  in  arrest,  order 
the  said  Lieutenant  Robert  McFeeley  to  leave  said  Company  "E"  and  to 
go  to  his  own  company,  and  did  thereupon,  and  while  in  arrest  take  com- 
mand of  said  company.  Tiiis  in  Second  avenue  New  York,  on  the  fifteenth 
day  of  May,  1879. 


Charge  Fourth. —  Conduct  xmhecommij  an  officer  and  a  qentleman. 

Specification  First. — -In  this  that  lie  the  said  Captain  Hugh  Colemnn,  Com- 
pany "  E,"  Sixty-ninth  Regiment  National  Guard  State  of  New  York,  while 
in  arrest  and  being  in  uniform,  in  the  presence  of  commissioned  officers 
and  enlisted  men  of  said  Sixty-ninth  Regiment,  did  address  Major  Edward 
DufiFy  of  said  regiment,  while  the  said  Major  Edward  Duffy  was  in  uniform 
and  on  duty,  with  abusive  and  improper  language  and  among  other  things, 
did  say  in  a  threatening  manner,  "  I  will  beat  you  in  this  ;  you  don't  know 
anything,"  or  words  to  that  effect.  This  in  Seventh  street  in  the  city  of 
New  York  on  the  fifteenth  day  of  May,  1879. 

To  which  charges  and  specifications  the  accused  pleaded  as  follows : 

To  the  First  Specification  to  tlie  First  Charge. — "Not  Guilty." 

To  the  Second  Specification  to  the  First  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  Third  Specification  to  the  First  Charge.—''  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  Fourth  Specification  to  the  First  Charge. — "Demurrer  on  the 
•'ground  that  the  accuser  does  not  state  in  his  specification  that 
"the  left  wing  of  the  <J9th  Regiment  on  the  day  alleged  in  the 
"  specification  was  detached  from  the  right  wing  of  the  regiment 
"  to  another  department  by  order  of  the  commandant  of  the  regi- 
"  ment  or  any  other  superior  officer  of  the  National  Guard." 
Demurrer  overruled  by  the  Court,  whereupon  the  accused  pleadeil 
"Not  Guilty."  Subsequently,  on  motion  of  the  accused,  the 
specification  was  ordered  "  to  be  stricken  out  and  dropped." 

To  the  First  Charge. — "Not  Guilty." 

To  the  First  Specification  to  the  Second  Charge. — "  Demurrer  on  the 
"ground  that  it  is  indefinite  and  does  not  state  what  the  crime 
"and  misdemeanor  was."  Deniuri-er  sustained  by  the  Court 
and  specification  ordered  "to  be  stricken  out  and  dropped." 

To  the  Second  Specification  to  the  Second  Charge. — "  Demurer  on  the 
"  ground  that  it  is  indefinite  and  does  not  state  what  the  crime 
and  misdemeanor  was."  Demurrer  overruled  by  the  Court, 
whereupon  the  accused  pleaded  "  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  Second  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 

To  the  First  Specification  to  the  Third  Charge. — "Demurrer  on  the 
"  ground  that  it  does  not  specify  that  the  accused  had  been 
"  placed  in  close  confinement  or  within  the  limits  of  the  Na- 
"  tional  Guard  Department,  that  the  assumption  of  command  is 
"not  a  breach  of  ai-rcst  within  the  meaning  of  the  65tli  .Ar- 
"  tide  of  War."  Demurrer  sustained  by  the  Court  and  speci- 
fication ordered  "to  be  sti-ickcn  out  and  dropped." 

To  the  Second  Specification  to  the  'Third  Charge. —  "  Not  Guilty."  Sub- 
sequently, on  motion  of  the  Judge  Advocate,  the  Court  ordered 
a  nolle  prosequi  to  specification  second  of  the  third  charge  and  to 
the  third  charge. 

To  the  Third  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 
4 


To  the  First  Specijication  to  the  Fourth  Charge. — "Not  Guilty." 

To  the  FouuTU  Charge.— "  Not  guilty."  Subsequently  the  accused 
moved  that  specification  one  to  charge  four  and  charge  four  be 
stricken  out  and  dropped  "  on  the  ground  that  the  language 
"  whicli  it  is  alleged  he  used  was  not  such  as  to  substantiate  a 
"charge  of  conduct  unbecoming  an  officer  and  a  gentleman," 
and  the  Court  granted  the  motion. 

Findings. 

The  Court,  having  maturely  considered  the  evidence  adduced,  finds  the 
accused.  Captain  Hugh  Coleman,  as  follows: 

Of  the  First  Specijication  to  the  First  Charge. — Guilty. 

Of  the  Second  Specijication  to  the  First  Charge. — Guilty. 

Of  the  Third  Specification  to  the  First  Charge. — Not  Guilty. 

Of  the  First  Charge. — Guilty. 

Of  the  Second  Specification  to  the  Second  Charge. — Not  Guilty. 

Of  the  Second  Charge.— Not  Guilty. 

Remarks  by  the  Court. 

The  Court  are  of  the  opinion  that  the  disobedience  of  orders  with  which 
the  accused  was  charged  and  of  which  he  has  been  found  guilty,  was  of  a 
technical  and  trivial  nature,  and  although  obliged  from  a  consideration  of 
the  evidence  in  the  case  to  find  as  above,  they  do  not  think  that  anything 
has  been  brought  before  them  to  warrant  a  sentence  being  passed  upon  the 
accused.  The  Court  is  satisfied  that  in  any  other  regiment  or  in  the  GOtli 
Regiment  under  circumstances  other  than  those  surrounding  tins  case  no 
notice  would  have  been  taken  of  the  occurrence;  and  in  their  opinion  the 
practice  of  preferring  charges  based  on  circumstances  similar  to  tJiose  upon 
which  these  charges  appear  to  have  been  founded,  cannot  be  too  strongly 
disapproved  of. 

Finally.  The  malicious  and  unsoldierly  spirit  that  it  is  evident  exists 
among  some  of  the  officers  of  the  69th  Regiment,  and  that  was  manifested 
on  this  trial  on  the  part  of  Captain  Coleman  and  Major  Duify,  is  deserving 
of  the  severest  censure  and  condemnation.  It  is  evident  that  but  for  this 
malevolent  feeling  the  time  and  attention  of  the  members  of  this  Court 
would  not  have  been  occupied  in  the  consideration  of  the  petty  and  trivial 
matters  upon  which  the  charges  in  this  case  appear  to  have  been  based. 

II.  The  Court  made  very  free  use  of  a  power  that  is  not  directly  confer- 
red by  law  or  regulations,  and  for  which  at  the  best  but  very  few  precedents 
can  be  found,  in  summarily  striking  out  and  dropping  whole  specifications  and 
charges,  and  that  moreover  without  showing  adequate  cause  therefor  in  the 
record  of  its  proceedings,  the  fourth  specification  to  the  first  charge,  for  in- 
stance, being  finally,  after  oven-uling  a  formal  demurer,  thus  disposed  of  on 
a  simple  motion  of  the  accused,  agreed  to  by  the  .ludge  Advocate,  neither  of 
them,  it  appears,  giving  any  reason  for  the  act.  This  practice,  generally 
objectionable,  is  wholly  inadmissable  when  e.xercised  as  in  the  case  of  the 
specification  to  the  fourth  charge,  after  evidence  has  been  taken  upon  the 
allegations  contained  in  the  specifications,  tlie  accused  being  then  either 
entitled  to  a  finding  of  not  guilty  and  acquittal,  or  subject  to  a  finding  of 
guilty  and  adequate  punishment. 


Strictly  speaking,  none  of  the  demurrers  pleaded  by  tlie  accused  (except 
tliat  to  the  specification  of  tlie  fourtli  charge)  come  witliiu  the  definition  of 
that  plea  in  the  General  Regulations  (Par.  138),  and  all  others  should  there- 
fore have  been  overruled,  but  the  demurrer  to  the  first  specification  of  the 
third  cli:irge  seems  actually  without  any  meaning  whatever  in  the  light  of 
the  provisions  contained  in  Par.  88,  General  Regulations,  which  defines  an 
arrest  to  be  "a  suspension  of  the  military  functions  of  an  officer,"  etc. 
What  possible  bearing  the  G6th  Article  of  War  has  upon  a  breach  of  ordi- 
nary arrest  it  is  difficult  to  see. 

For  the  nolle  prosequi  entered  in  the  case  of  the  second  spiecification  to  the 
third  charge,  no  reason  whatever  is  given  in  the  record. 

The  Court  admitted  a  mass  of  testimony  entirely  irrelevant  to  the  case 
and  permitted  an  examination  of  the  accuser  by  the  accused  which  had  no 
bearing  whatever  upon  the  matter  at  issue  and  which  was  highly  improper. 
In  the  same  manner,  and  with  equal  impropriety,  the  Court  also  allowed  to 
be  put  in  evidence  a  paper  purporting  to  be  charges  and  specifications 
alleging,  substantially,  the  same  oifenses  on  the  part  of  the  accused,  but 
which  were  not  approved  or  ordered  for  trial,  and  upon  which  consequently 
lie  had  not  been  arraigned. 

The  Court  finally  erred  in  failing  to  pass  a  sentence  upon  the  accused  af- 
ter its  finding  of  guilty  upon  two  of  the  specifications  to  the  first  charge 
and  the  charge  itself  (disobedience  of  orders),  as  required  by  Sec.  207  of  the 
Military  Code,  which  reads  :  *' Every  commissioned  officer  *  *  * 
"  shall,  on  due  conviction,  be  subject,  for  the  following  off'enses,  to  the  fines 
"and  penalties  thereto  annexed:" 

"  ■""  "  *         neglecting  or  refusing  to  obey  the  orders  of  his 

"  superior  officer  on  any  day  of  drill,  parade  or  encampment,  or  to  perform 
"such  military  duty  or  exercise  as  may  be  required,  *         *         *         a 

"  fine  of  not  more  than  one  hundred,  nor  less  than  five  dollars." 

This  is  a  plain  requirement  of  law  which  should  have  been  heeded,  but 
without  such  a  i-equirement,  the  Court  in  failing  to  pass  sentence  virtually 
remitted  a  penalty,  and  thus  assumed  a  power  which  is  vested  only  in  the 
convening  authority,  and  which  cannot  legally  be  exercised  by  any  other, 
except  upon  appeal. 

Tlie  proceedings  of  the  Court  referred  to  in  this  paragraph  are  disapprov- 
ed;  the  remainder  of  the  proceedings  and  the  findings  are  approved. 
Captain  Coleman  will  resume  his  sword  and  return  to  duty. 

By  order  of  Majoi'-General  Alexander  Shaleu. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

/  j     Colonel,  A.  A.  Gen  I  and  Chief  of  Staff . 
Ofiicim.  :       ''■^  / 

k  '    "    ^hU^^ 

,  Colonel  and  Acfg  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD  STATE  OF  NEW   YORK, 
155  AND   157  Mercer  Street, 

New  York,  October  (5th,  187U. 


(iKNKRAi.  Orders,  } 
N...  10.  \ 


I.  The  Division  will  parade  on  Wednesday,  the  15th  instant,  for  review  by 
His  P^xcellency  the  Commander-in-Chief,  fully  uniformed  (wearinjzr  overcoats), 
armed  and  equipped. 

II.  Line  will  be  formed  on  Fifth  Avenue,  facing  eastward,  in  the  following 
order  from  right  to  left,  the  right  of  the  First  Brigade  resting  on  45th  Street  : 

Separate  Troop  "A." 

Battery  "  E." 

Third  Brigade. 

Battery  "  B." 

First  Brigade. 

Battery  "  K." 

Second  Brigade. 

Third  Regiment  Cavalry. 

The  formation  must  be  completed  at  4  o'clock,  i'.  m. 

III.  The  following  necessary  modifications  of  ihe  prescribed  forms  for 
review  will  be  observed  : 

/''or  Infantry 

The  rear  rank  will  be  aligned  upon  the  curb  and  the  distances  will 
be  diminished  as  follows  :  two  yards  frcjm  the  rear  to  the  front 
rank  and  from  the  front  rank  to  the  line  of  company  officers, 
and  one  and  three  yards  respectively  from  the  line  of  company 
officers  to  the  the  croup  of  the  field  and  commanding  officers' 
horses. 

For  Car<alry. 

The  rank  against  the  curb  ;  the  file-closers  in  rank  ;  the  chiefs 
of  platoon,  troop,  battalion  and  regimental  cominanders,  re- 
spectively, one,  two,  three  and  four  yards,  from  head  to  croup  of 
horses,  in  advance  of  the  rank. 

/•;';-./;-////,■;:)'. 

In  columns  of  sections  (pieces  in  battery),  along  the  curb  ;  the  chiefs 
of  platoon  and  battery  commanders,  respectively,  one  and  three 
yards,  from  muzzle  of  pieces  to  croup  of  horses,  in  ad\'ance. 


The  brigade  commanders  with  their  staffs  and  orderlies  will  take 
post  on  the  right  of  their  respective  brigades  slightly  in  advance  of  the 
line  of  regimental  commanders.  They  will  cause  their  commands  to 
salute  upon  the  arrival  of  the  Reviewing  Officer  at  a  point  twenty  yards 
from  the  right  of  their  brigades,  and  to  carry  arms  when  the  salute  is 
acknowledged. 

The  same  rule  will  govern  the  commanding  officers  of  the  cavalry 
and  artillery  organizations  on  the  approach  of  the  Reviewing  Officer. 

When  the  Reviewing  Officer  has  passed  the  left  of  an  organization 
it  will  be  advanced  to  the  opposite  side  of  the  avenue,  and  formed  as 
before  prescribed,  except  that  the  front  rank  of  the  infantry  will  be  upon 
the  curb,  the  mounted  officers  of  all  arms  will  take  post  on  the  right  of 
their  respective  organizations,  and  the  cavalry  file-closers  will  take  post 
one  yard  in  rear  of  the  rank. 

When  the  Reviewing  Officer  has  passed  along  the  rear  beyond  the 
right  of  an  organization  it  will  be  formed  in  column  to  pass  in  review. 

IV.  The  line  of  march  will  be  down  Fifth  Avenue  to  the  Worth  Monument, 
where  the  point  of  review  will  be  established. 

V.  Care  will  be  taken  to  preserve  the  prescribed  intervals  between  the  several 
organizations  both  in  the  formation  and  the  passage  in  review.  The  interval 
between  the  separate  troop  or  batteries  and  adjoining  organizations  will  be  sixty 
vards. 

\T.  After  passing  in  review  the  several  organizations  will  march  to  their 
respective  armories  by  the  shortest  available  route,  turning  in  the  proper  direc- 
tion as  soon  as  possible,  in  order  that  lines  of  travel  may  not  be  unnecessarily 
obstructed. 

VII.  The  Division  Staff  will  assemble  mounted  and  in  full  uniform  at  the 
"  Rendezvous,"  (Nos.  r,  9,  and  11  West  13th  Street)  at  one  o'clock,  p.  m. 


•    By  order  of  Major-General  Ai.e.xamjer  Shalek, 

HENRY    A.  CtILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,    A.  A.   Gnt'l  and  Chii-f  ojStaff. 

Official  : 


Colonel  and  Act\^  A.  I).  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD   STATE  OF  NEW   YORK, 
155  AND  157  MKR(;Kii  STi!Ki:r, 

Nkw  Yohk,  June   17tli.   187U. 


ClUt'UI,AR. 


By  direction  of  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  S.  N.  Y.,  an  officer  of  that  Depart- 
ment will  make  an  inspection  of  tlie  military  property  for  which  command- 
ants are  held  responsible  by  the  Ordnance  and  Quartermaster-Generals 
Departments,  in  conformity  to  the  instructions  communicated  by  circular 
to  the  several  commandants,  at  tlie  armories  of  their  respective  organiza- 
tions, as  follows  : 


3rd  Regii 

Qient  Cavali 

'•y. 

on  August  25, 

1879, 

at  10 

Separ 

ate 

Troop  ' 

'A, 

"      26, 

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"   10 

Battel 

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'E," 
'K," 
■B" 

"      26, 
"      27, 
•'       27. 

" 

"     2 
"  10 
"     2 

5th  1 

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iment  Ii 

ifan 

try, 

•'       28. 

- 

•'   10 

12th 

•'      29, 

•' 

•'   10 

22d 

"      80, 

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"  10 

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"    Sept'r     1, 

" 

"  10 

11th 

2, 

" 

"  10 

71st 

"         "         8 , 

" 

'•   10 

7th 

4, 

" 

"  10 

8th 

5, 

" 

"   10 

69th 

('), 

" 

"   10 

o'clock.    A     INI. 


Commanding  officers  will  see  that  every  facility,  necessary  to  make  the 
inspection  complete  and  satisfactory,  is  given. 

By  onler  (jf  Major-General   Alkxandkr  Shalkh. 


Okkiciai,  : 


IIFNRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  Gen' I  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


Colonel  and  Acfff  A.  1).  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD   STATE  OF  NEW   YORK, 

155  AND  157  Meiscku  Stukkt, 

Nkw  Youk,  June  I'Jtli,   187V). 

CllUTI.AH. 

I.  In  accordance  with  instructions  from  General  Head-Quarters  tlie  fol- 
lowing rules  relative  to  endorsements  and  the  forwarding  and  transmitting 
of  documents  will  liereafter  be  observed  : 

On  the  first  (or  top)  fold  the  date  and  place  of  writing,  the  name  of 
the  writer  (surname  first),  followed  by  his  rank  and  corps,  and  a  brief  but 
comprehensive  synopsis  of  the  contents  will  be  wriiten  in  the  order  named 
at  the  head-quarters  where  they  are  first  received,  and  the  date  of  receipt 
at  the  various  head-quarters,  will  be  stamped  or  written  at  the  bottom  of 
this  fold.  Where  the  communications  do  not  relate  to  the  writer  personally, 
but  are  upon  business  of  the  organization  of  which  he  is  the  commanding 
officer,  or  that  ofiicer's  representative,  the  name  may  be  omitted  and  it  will 
be  sufficient  to  say  "Commanding  Officer"  or  "Assistant  Adjutant-General" 
of  such  a  corps  or  brigade.  Upon  the  second  fold,  at  the  top,  the  endorse- 
ments of  intermediate  officers  (forwardinr/  to  a  superior  officer  or  transmit- 
ting to  a  subordinate)  will  begin ;  tliey  will  be  written  or  stamped  so  as  to 
occupy  as  little  space  as  practicable,  and  the  third  and  fourth  (if  there  be 
a  fourth)  folds  will  be  used  if  necessary  ;  if  more  space  be  required  a  paper 
of  the  same  width  as  the  folds  will  be  neatly  pasted  on  to  the  edge  of  the 
last  fold.  The  practice  of  attaching^  slips  as  endorsements  must  be  discon- 
tinued, and  all  endorsements  nuist  be  properly  dated,  that  is,  the  date  must 
correspond  with  the  date  of  forwarding  or  transiDitting.  Documents  for- 
warded or  transmitted,  such  as  orders,  returns  of  various  kinds,  abstracts 
of  accounts,  etc.,  etc.,  which  do  not  require  an  expression  of  opinion,  ap- 
proval or  disapproval,  or  upon  which  it  is  not  necessary  to  endorse  directions 
or  instructions  while  in  transit,  do  not  need  endorsement  of  date,  name  and 
synopsis  before  they  reach  their  final  destination,  but  they  must  be  en- 
closed in  a  letter  forwarding  or  transmitting  them,  addressed  to  the  next 
higher  or  lower  head-quarters  or  officer,  as  the  case  nuiy  be,  where  they 
will  be  re-enclosed  as  before.  All  documents,  whether  the  same  are  endor- 
sed or  not,  will  be  enclosed  and  enumerated  in  the  letters  as  above  prescribed, 

and  they  may  be  referred  to  therein  as  "E.  M.  B.  No ,"  "G.  O.  No ., 

c.  s Brigade,"  or  described  by  other  oflSce  nuirks  or  intelligible  abbrevi- 
ations. Where  only  one  paper  is  enclosed  in  a  package,  no  letter  will  be 
required. 


II.  In  connection  with  tlie  above  tlie  Division  Commander  desires  to  call 
at'.ention  to  the  growing  laxity  on  the  part  of  officers  in  the  matter  of  the 
manner  and  time  of  rendering  required  reports  and  returns.  It  has  been 
and  is  the  constant  aim  to  reduce  the  labor  required  in  the  performance  of 
these  duties  to  the  minimum,  and  much  has  been  accomplished  in  that  di- 
rection. The  result  of  these  efforts  thus  far  has  however  not  been  encour- 
aging. Ample  time  is  allowed  for  the  performance  of  these  duties,  but  the 
disposition  seems  to  be  to  procrastinate  and  defer  to  the  last  hour  (when 
something  actually  interferes  to  prevent  their  accomplishment),  what  should 
be  promptly  done.  It  has  also  occurred  that  action  upon  reports  and  re- 
turns, aud  upon  papers  referred  for  further  information,  etc.,  where  no 
special  limit  of  time  was  prescribed,  has  been  unreasonably,  and  in  some 
instances  improperly  delayed.  It  is  an  every  day  experience,  which  it 
will  be  well  for  all  to  profit  by,  that  that  is  best  and  most  easil}'  done, 
which  is  attended  to  with  greatest  promptness  compatible  with  circumstan- 
ces. Incorrectness,  negligence  and  slovenliness  in  making  reports,  etc., 
also  frequently  entail  delays.  The  Division  Commander  trusts  that  it  will 
be  unnecessary  to  again  refer  to  this  subject,  but  that  all  officers  will  see 
and  appreciate  the  necessity  for  a  strict  adherence  to  the  above  instructions. 
In  the  future  all  officers  will  be  held  to  a  strict  iiccountal)ility  with  respect  to 
these  duties,  and  brigade  and  regimental  commandants  will  make  immediate 
report  to  the  next  higher  head-quarters  of  any  delinquency  of  this  nature 
which  may  occur,  and  of  the  action  taken  by  them  to  prevent  further  delay 
and   to   punish  the  delin(iuent. 

Hy  order  of  Major-General  Alkxander  Shalkk. 

HPINRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVK, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  Gen' I  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


Colonel  and  AcC g  A.  1).  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD   STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 
155  AND  157  Merceu  Stukkt. 


New  Yoiuc,  June  20th,    1879. 


ClKCULAK. 


I.  The  officer  in  connnand  of  any  detachment  of  this  Division  sent  to 
Creedmoor  will,  before  the  men  ai-rive  at  the  firing  point,  be  particular  to 
instruct  theiTi  tliat  the  regulation  •'  the  piece  is  not  to  be  loaded  except 
"  when  the  man  is  at  tlie  tiring  point  and  ready  to  fire,  and  that  a  man  who 
"  has  loaded  his  piece  must  not  leave  his  position  or  h\y  down  his  gun  with- 
'•out  removing  tlie  cartridge,"  is  to  be  strictly  enforced.  Company  officers 
or  non-commissioned  officers  in  charge  of  squads  at  firing  points  will  use 
the  utmost  care  to  see  that  this  regulation  is  strictly  carried  out  in  order 
tiiat  tlie  safety  of  those  practicing  may  be  assured. 

By  order  of  Major-tieneral  Ar,EXAi\i)Eu  Shaleh. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVF, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  Gen' I  and  Chief  of  Staff. 
Okfk 


Colonel  and  AcC g  A.  I).  C. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 


NATIONAL  GUARD   STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 


155  AND  157  Merckr  Street, 


New  York.  July  2d,   1879. 


ClKCULAR. 


The  attention  of  all  conuuissioiied  officers  of  this  Division  is  called  to  the 
regulations  for  ritle  practice,  a  strict  observance  of  which  is  required.  Each 
man  is  required  to  load  and  fire  his  own  piece  (Wingate's  Manual,  paragraph 
279),  and  no  sighting  shots  are  allowed  in  any  of  the  classes. 

Scores  made  in  violation  of  the  above  or  any  otiier  regulations  for  the 
rifle  practice  of  the  troops  will  not  be  allowed. 

By  order  of  .Major-General  .Alexander  Shai.eu. 


Official 


HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  Gen' I  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


Colonel  and  Acl'g  A.  D.  C. 


HEAD-QUARTEIIS  FIRST  DIVISION. 

NATIONAL  GUARD   STATE  OF  NEW   VORK. 
155  AMI  157  Mkrckr  Strket, 

New  YoiiK,    February  24.    1880. 

Genkrai,  OHnKRs.    ( 
No.  1.  / 

Pursuant  to  Section  2'in  of  the  Military  Code,  a  Court  Martial  is  hereby 
ordered  for  the  trial  of  the  officers  in  the  several  brigades  above  the  rank 
of  captain,  and  of  all  officers  belonging  to  the  cavalry  and  artillery  organi- 
zations of  this  Division,  wlio  have  been  retui-ned  as  "absent  from  any  pa- 
rade, encampment,  drill  or  meeting  for  instruction,"  held  pursuant,  to  orders 
during  the  year  1870. 

Detail   for  the   Court: 

Brigadier-Gener.al  William  6.  Ward,  1st  Brigade. 
Colonel  (lEOKOE  I).  Scott,  8th  Regiment  Infantry. 
Colonel  S.  Osoar  Ryder,  9th  Regiment  Infantry. 

The  Court  will  assemble  at  the  "Rendezvous"  (Nos.  7,  9  and  11  West 
13th  street),  on  Thursd.ay,  March  18,  1880,  at  8  o'clock,  p.  m. 

By  order  of  Major-General    .\  li'.xandeu   .Sii\m<;r. 

HENRY  A.  GILDKI'uSLEEVE. 

Colonel,  A.  A.  Gen' I  and  Okie/  of  Staff. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  WVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD   STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 
155  AND  157  Mercer  Street, 

New  York,  March  26,  1880. 

General  Orders,  7 

No.  2.  j 

I.  Pm-suant  to  the  provisions  of  Special  Orders  No.  42.  c.  s.,  General 
Head-quarters,  the  organizations  comprising  this  Division  will  parade  for 
muster  and  inspection,  as  follows  : 

Seventy-first    Regiment  Infixntry,  on  Monday,  May  10th,  prox.,  at  2 

o'clock,  1'.  M. 
Eighth   Regiment    Infantry,    on    Tuesday,    May    11th,    prox.,    at    2 

o'clock,  p.  M. 
Batteries  "  B"  and  "  K  "  Artillery,  on  Wednesday,  May  r2th,  prox., 

at  2  o'clock,  p.  M. 
Sixty-ninth  Regiment  Infanti-y,  on  Thursday,  May  13th,  prox.,  at  2 

o'clock,  p.  M. 
Fifth  Regiment  Infantry,  on  Friday,  May  14ih,  prox.,  at  2  o'clock, 

p.  M. 
Eleventh    Regiment   Infantry,   on  Saturday,  May   15th,  pvox  ,   at  2 

o'clock,  p.  M. 
Twelfth    Regiment    Infantry,    on    Monday,    May    17th,    prox.,    at    2 

o'clock,  p.  M. 
Seventh    Regiment    Infantry,    on    Tuesday.    May    18th,    prox.,    at    2 

o'clock,  p.  M. 
Third    Regiment    Cavalry,    on  Wednesday,    ^tay  19th,   prox.,    at   2 

o'clock,    I'.    M. 

Twenty-second  Regiment  Infantry,  on  Thursday.  May  20th,  prox.,  at 

2  o'clock,  p.  M. 
Troop   -'A'"    Cavah-y  and    Battery    "E"  Artillery,  on  Friday,    May 

21st,  prox.,  at  2  o'clock,  p.  m. 
Ninth  Regiment  Infantry,  on  Saturday,  May  22d.  prox.,  at  2  o'clock, 

p.  M. 

II.  The  several  organizations  will  as  far  as  practicable  parade  armed, 
uniformed  and  equipjied  for  field  service,  wearing  their  authorized  fatigue 
dress  complete,  with  haversacks  and  canteens,  and  overcoats  rolled  and 
strapped  upon  knapsacks  or  saddles  in  case  the  weather  should  not  make  it 
necessary  to  wear  them.      All  mounted  officers  will  parade  mounted. 

III.  The  commanding  officers  of  the  several  organizations  will  select  a 
suitable  parade  gi-ound  for  the  purpose,  designate  the  same  in  the  order 
for  the  parade,  and  forward  a  copy  of  such  order  to  the  Inspector-General, 
S.  N.  Y.,  without  delay. 


IV.  Each  commanding  officer  is  directed  to  have  one  muster  roll  of  his 
command  properly  prepared  in  accordance  with  the  requirements  of  Circu- 
lar 1,  Office  of  the  Inspector  General.  S.  N.  Y.,  series  1878,  endorsed  with 
his  name,  rank  and  full  post  office  address,  and  forwarded  to  the  Inspector 
General,  S.  N.  Y.,  at  Alljany,  at  least  twenty  days  prior  to  the  date  of  muster. 

V.  The  Division  Inspector  will  attend  the  musters  and  inspections  of  the 
cavalry  and  artillery  organizations,  and  the  Brigade  Inspectors  will  attend 
the  musters  and  inspections  of  the  regiments  of  their  respective  brigades, 
for  such  duty  as  may  be  necessary. 

VI.  The  attention  of  commanding  officers  is  directed  to  the  following 
pi'ovisions  of  the  Military  Code  : 

"  207.  Every  commissioned  officer,  and  every  non-commissioned  officer, 
"  musician  and  private,  shall,  on  due  conviction,  be  subject,  for  the  follow- 
"  ing  oti'enses,  to  the  fines  and  penalties  thereto  annexed: 

"1.  Every  commissioned  officer,  for  non-attendance  at  any  drill,  parade 
"  or  encampment,  *         ■■         *         *  or  making  a  false  entry  upon 

"  a  muster-roll,  or  knowingly  muster  as  a  soldier  a  substitute  or  a  person 
"  who  is  not  a  regularly  enlisted  soldier  in  and  a  member  of  his  command, 
"  *         *         *         *  a  fine  of  not  more  than  one  hundred,  nor  less 

"  than  five  dollars." 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  Gen' I  and  Chief  of  Staff 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION. 

NATIONAL  GUARD   STATE  OF  NEW   YORK, 

155  AND  157  Mkr(^eii  Hikket. 

New  York,   April  23,   1880. 
(te.nerai.  Orders,  ^ 

No.  ;-;.  / 

I.  The  Division  will  parade  on  the  Slst  pi-oximo  to  participate  in  the 
ceremonies  of  Decoration  Day,  as  escort  to  the  organizations  parading 
under  the  direction  of  the  Grand  Marshal  of  the  day  and  for  review  by  His 
Honor  the  Mayor. 

II.  The  troops  will  be  formed  in  close  columns,  the  heads  resting  on 
Fifth  avenue,  in  the  following  order: 

Separate  Troop  ••  A''  and  Battery  •■  E"  on  East  34th  street. 

The  Third  Brigade  on  West  34th  and  West  33d  streets. 

Battery  '■  B'"  on  East  33d  street. 

The  First  Brigade  on  West  32d  street. 

Battery  '•  K"  on  East  32d  street. 

The  Second  Brigade  on  West  31st  street. 

"I'he  Third  Regiment  Cavalry  on  East  31st  street. 

The  column  will  move  in  the  order  above  given  at  0  o'clock,  a.  m. 

III.  The  line  of  march  will  be  down  Fifth  avenue  to  14th  street,  to  and 
iuouiid  Union  Square,  to  Broadway,  to  Murray  street. 

IV.  At  the  Worth  .Monument  the  honors  of  a  marching  salute  will  be 
[laid  to  His  Honor  the  Mayor. 

V.  Upon  the  arrival  of  the  head  of  the  column  at  Murray  street,  line 
will  be  formed  for  the  passage  of  the  organizations  under  escort,  the  fol- 
lowing necessary  modifications  of  the  prescribed  formation  being  observed  : 

Foi-  lnj'a)itnj. 

Tlie  rear  rank  will  be  aligned  upon  the  curb  and  the  distances 
will  be  diminished  as  follows:  two  yards  from  the  rear  to 
the  front  rank  and  from  the  front  rank  to  the  line  of  com- 
pany officers,  and  one  and  three  yards  respectively  from 
the  "line  of  company  officers  to  the  croup  of  the  field  and 
commanding  officers'  horses. 


For   Cavalry. 

The  rank  against  the  curb;  the  file-closers  in  rank  ;  the  chiefs 
of  platoon,  troop,  battalion  and  regimental  commanders, 
respectively,  one,  two,  three  and  four  yards,  from  head  to 
croup  of  horses,  in  advance  of  the  rank. 

For   ArtiUerii. 

In  columns  of  sections  (pieces  in  battery),  along  the  curb;  the 
chiefs  of  platoon  and  bnttei'y  commanders,  respectively,  one 
and  three  yards,  from  muzzle  of  pieces  to  croup  of  horses, 
in  advance. 

The  brigade  commanilers  with  their  stJifTs  and  orderlies  will  take 
post  on  tne  right  of  their  respective  brigades  slightly  in  advance  of 
the  line  of  regimental  commanders. 

Regimental,  separate  troop  and  l)attery  commanders  will  cause 
their  commands  to  salute  upon  the  arrival  ot  the  Grand  Marshal  at 
a  point  twenty  yards  from  the  left  of  their  several  organizations,  and 
to  carry  arms  when  the  salute  is  acknowledged. 

VI.  When  the  rear  of  the  escorted  organizations  has  passed  the  right  of 
the  line,  the  Division  will  break  from  the  right  to  march  to  the  left,  by 
regiments  and  proceed  up  Broadway  to  Union  Square,  where  the  parade 
will  be  dismissed.  .\11  organizations  will  march  lo  their  armories  by  the 
shortest  available  route,  turning  from  14th  street  in  the  proper  direction  as 
soon  as  practicable,  in  order  that  lines  of  travel  may  not  be  unnecessarily 
fibstructed. 

VII.  '!"he  Division  Staff  will  a.ssemble,  mounted  and  in  full  uniform,  at 
the   '■  Kenilezvous  "    (Nos.  7,  !'  and  11   West  18th  street),  at  8  o'clock,  a.  m. 

By  order  of  Major-General    Ai.kxanpkr  Shalkk. 

HKNIIY   k.  GILDKKSLKKVI-:, 

y    J  Colonel,  A.  A.  Gere  I  and  Chief  of  Staff. 

^  ^^^--^-^^^  ^       . 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION. 

NATIONAL  GUARD   STATE  OF  NEW   YORK, 
15f)   AND  lo7  Mbrckh  Strket. 

Nkw  Vokk.   April  24.   1880. 


Gknkrai,  Orders,  | 

No.   4.  i 


The  Major-Geueral  Commanding  having  been  granted  a  leave  of  absence, 
Brigadier-General  .Toshna  M.  Yarian,  Third  Brigade,  will  assume  command 
of  the  Division  on  the  receipt  of  this  order. 

By  order  of  Major-General    Ale.kander  Shatter. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE. 

Coloneh  A.  A.  Gert'l  and  Chief  of  Staff . 


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HEAD-QUA KTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD   STATE  OF  NEW   YORK, 
155  AN'ii  157  Mkroku  Strf.f.t. 

Nkw  York.   May   1.    1880. 


Genkrai.  Ordkrs. 
No.   5. 


I.  In  compliance   with   Geiiei'al  Orders  No.   4,   c.   s..   from   these  Head- 
Quarters,  the  undersigned  hereby  assumes  commaii<l. 

II.  Official  papers  and  correspondence  will  be  addresse<l  as  hei"etofoT"e. 


.TO-SHmrW.^ARIAN. 

Brigadier-  General. 


^^__,(t^C^»^ 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD   STATE  OF  NEW   YORK, 
155  AND  157  Mebckr  Strket, 

New  York,  May  14,   1880. 

Genrrai,  Orders,  > 
No.  fi.  i 

I.  The  points  of  formation  and  the  hour  designated  in  paragrapli  II  of 
General  Orders  No.  3,  c.  s.  from  these  Head-Quarters  for  the  parade  of  the 
81st  instant,  are  hereby  changed  as  follows  : 

Separate  Troop  '•  A"  and  Battery  "  E"  on  East  42d  street. 

The  Third  Brigade  on  West  42d  street. 

Battery  "  B  "  on  East  41st  street. 

The  First  Brigade  on  West  40th  street. 

Battery  "  K  "  on  East  40th  street. 

The  Second  Brigade  on  West  39th  sti-eet. 

The  Third  Regiment  Cavalry  on  East  39th  street. 

The  column  will  move  in  the  order  above  given  at  10  o'clock,  a.  m. 

II.  The  time  for  the  assembly  of  tlie  Division  Staff  fixed  by  pai-agraph 
VII  of  General  Orders  No.  3,  c.  s.  from  these  Head-Quarters,  is  hereby 
changed  to  9  o'clock,  a.m. 

TIL  Permission  to  paraile  in  the  column  on  the  31st  instant  having, 
upon  the  request  of  the  Commanding  Officer  of  the  22d  Regiment,  been 
given  to  th^  2d  Regiment  Infantry  Pennsylvania  National  Guard,  it  is  hereby 
assigned  w^l^First  Brigade  for  that  purpose. 

By  order  of  Brigadier-General  J.   M.   Varian. 

^  HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

y'J  Colonel,  A,  A.  Gen^l  and  Chief  of  Staff, 


/:!i^ ,  Tij^c^'^^ 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION. 

NATIONAL  GUARD   STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 
155  AND  157  ^Ierokr  Street, 

New  York,  IMay  17,   1880. 
Generai,  Oroers,  1 

No.  7.       r 

I.  The  rifle  practice  of  this  Division  at  Creedmoor  for  the  season  of 
1880  will  be  comliicteil  in  .icconlance  with  the  provisions  of  the  following 
oriler  from  General  Head-Quarters  State  of  New  York  : 

"GKNKRAL  HEAD-QUARTERS,  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 
"  Adjutant-Gexeral's  Office, 

"Albany,  April  \2,  ISSO. 
"General  f)RDERs,  | 
"No.  1.5.  I 

"I.  The  Rifle  Practice  oftlie  year  l.s.SO,  will  be  conducted  tliri)iisliimt  the  or<jaiii- 
"  zations  of  tlie  National  (Tiianl  aimed  with  lillcs  m-  carliincs,  ]mrsuant  tn  the  rc- 
"  quirements  of  the  United  States  Inl'aiitry  Tactics  (Uijt(Jii's),  as  supjilciiicutcd  by 
"  Winpate's  Manual  for  Rifie  Uractice.  Wherever  the  lattei-  contlicts  with  tlie 
"  foniier,  whether  in  tlie  skirmish  drill  or  el-sewhere,  the  fuiiucr  will  govern.  The 
"  (iuaid,  liijwever,  bciiiK  armed  with  a  .small  arm  of  a  model  dissimilar  to  that  used 
"  ill  the  Regular  Army  the  loadiiiu;  nf  the  former  necessarily  reijuiies  a  method 
"correspondingly  dirtereut  ;  tbe  Inadiiit:,  tlicreloic,  of  the  Remington  Rifle,  in 
"the  aljsence  of  any  other  le-;illy  |ii(-erilie(l  method,  will  be  executed  by  the 
"  Guard  accordiiif;'  to  tlie  nieilK.d  piesciibed  in  Wingate's  Manual,  sections  172  to 
"  179,  lnclu>i\e,  cxriiit  iiig  as  In  the  disposition  of  the  feet  of  the  men  when  ioad- 
"  ing  in  twn  laiik-,  as  to  wbieb  the  requirements  of  the  T'nited  States  Infantry 
"Tactics  (I'ptoirs)  will  jirevail. 

"  II.  Every  enlisted  man  of  infantry  organizations  and  those  of  the  cavalry  and 
"  artillery,  armed  with  carbines,  excepting  such  as  have  already  qualified  as 
"  marksmeu,  will  be  required  to  jiiactice  on  the  range  onck  during  the  season. 
"  The  s])ecific  days  to  lie  devoted  to  range  practice  in  each  Division,  and  the  man- 
"  ner  in  which  the  various  organizatiiuis  shall  be  sent  to  the  ranges,  will  be  pre- 
"  scrilied  in  orders  by  the  respective  Division  Commanders,  suliject,  however,  to 
"  the  following  provisions : 

"  The  classification  and  order  of  duty  will  be : 

"  (a.)  Practice  ry  Marksmen. 

"  (Duty  optional.)  The  shooting  in  each  Division  will  commence  with  a  day  or 
days  (known  as  'Marksman's  Day  ")  devoted  to  practice  iii  tbe  First  Class  for  the 
Marksuian's  Decoration  (badge)."  Only  marksmen  of  IsTIi,  and  they,  on  this  occa- 
sion only,  will  be  permitted  to  shoot  directly  for  the  decoration.  Those  who 
(|naliiy  on  Marksman'.s  Day  need  not  practice  further  on  the  ranges,  but  those 
who  fail  must  parade  on  the  day  of  First  (ieneral  Practice  as  'Third  Class'  men. 

"  ( ti. )  First  General  Practice. 

"  (Duty  Comiiulsory.)  Following  Marksman's  Day  Commandants  of  Subdivis- 
ions will, /111   tbe  days  spei-illed  by  tbe  Division  Commaiider,  respectively  parade 


'  their  entire  commands  for  rifle  practice  at  the  range,  excepting  such  of  their 
'  men  as  have  already  qualified  as  marksmen.  Each  organization  will  proceed  to 
'  the  range  in  a  hody,  or  successively  by  detachments  according  to  the  accommo- 
'  dations  for  transportation,  and  for  shooting  at  the  range.  Care  will  be  taken  not 
'to  overcrowd  the  means  of  transportation,  or  have  more  men  at  the  range  than 
'  can  perform  the  specitied  dulv  in  the  time  available. 

"  The  practice,  on  this  occasion,  will  be  in  the  Third  and  Second  Classes  only, 
'  tollowcd  liy  volley  and  file  firing  by  squad,  platoon  or  company.  Not  more  than 
'  five  cartridges  per  man  will  be  expended  in  vollev  firing  (three  .standing  and 
'  two  kneeling),  and  five  for  file  firing  (three  standing  and  two  kneeling). 

"  ( c. )  Second  Oener.a.l  Pr.-vctice. 

"  (Duty  coni]iulsory  for  the  Fouitli  (las-; ;  otlierwi>c  ni.tioiial.)  When  an  entire 
'(■oniiiKuid  has  liad  oiijiiirtunity  fur  tirst  -cneral  pra.ti.r  a-  piovided  herein,  the 
Coniniandant  will  order,  on  a  subsuciucnt  dav  or  davs,  a  scrond  parade  for  gene- 
^  ral  practice,  which  will  be  optional  with  nien  in"  the  Third  and  higher  clas- 
'  ses,  but  conii)ulsory  with  men  who,  for  any  reason  except  previous  qualifica- 
'  tion,  were  absentees  on  the  occasion  of  the  parade  for  first  general  practice,  and 
I  who  coni])risi',  tbci-efoic,  the  lM)urth  Class.  Those  present  will  practice  in  the 
^  classes  to  whirli  ibey  rcspeL-tively  belong,  except  that  only  those  who  were  pre- 
sent on  duty  tliiring  First  (iencral  Practice  may  shoot  in  regular  cour.se  for  the 
I  honor  of  the  Marksman's  Decoration.  It  should  be  po.ssible,  on  this  occasion, 
I  without  trenching  on  the  necessary  time  for  individual  firing,  to  practice  tiring 
'  by  squad,  platoon  or  coini.anv,  as  above  prescribed,  which  will  complete  the 
'  course. 

"  III.  The  following  regulations  of  a  general  nature  will  be  observed: 

"  { a. )  Pr.\ctice  in  Matches.— .1/acA-4TOe«  o/  mn,  who,  for  any  good  reason,  can- 
"  not  Vje  present  on  Marksman's  Day,  may  .shoot  for  the  decoration  with- 
"  out  previous  i)ractice  in  the  lower  classe's,  at  anv  apprcjved  Rifle  Associ- 
"  ation  Match  jiriorto  First  (n-ncial  Practice  itliey  must  furnish,  at  their 
"  own  expense,  however,  their  transportation  and' ammunition).  Marks- 
"men  present  on  Marksman's  Day,  but  who  fail  to  qualifv,  cannot 
"thus  shoot  for  the  <lecoration.  Members  i,f  the  Guard  who  "have  pre- 
"  viously  qualified  in  the  lower  classes  on  General  Practice  davs  during 
"this  season,  will  be  permitted  to  si,o,,t  in  the  tirst  class  for"the  deco- 
"  ration  at  any  legular  Uille  Assoiim  ion  Match,  approved  bv  the  (ien- 
"  eral  Inspector  of  Uitle  Practice.  iTbey  must,  however, provi'de  at  their 
"  own  expense  their  transportation  and  ammunition.) 

"(6.)  Volley  .\nd  File  Firing.— This  practice  will  be  conducted  in  accord- 
"  ance  with  Wingate's  Manual  (pp.  ].S4-l.!t(),  except  wherein  it  may  con- 
"  flict  with  the  I'liited  States  Tactics,  and  all  of  the  men  in  the  organi- 
"  tion  on  duty,  without  icganl  to  classes,  will  be  required  to  participate. 
"  Targets  of  wood  should  be  set  between  and,  if  necessary,  over  the 
"  iron  targets  for  their  protection,  as  otherwise  the  concentrated  firing 
"  is  very  injurious  to  the  slabs  and  to  the  glass  windows  in  the  butts. 

"  (  c. )  Inspectk  IN  OF  ItiFLE  Pr.\ctice.— Division  and  Rrigade  Inspectors  of  Rifle 
"  Pracii(  c  will  inspect  all  practice  for  the  Marksnuin's  Decoration,  and 
"  Brigade  and  Regimental  Inspectors,  all  class  shooting  in  their  respect- 
"  ive  organizations,  and  certify  the  returns.  Organizations  having  no 
"  Inspector  of  Rifle  Practice  immediately  attached,  will  be  inspected  by 
"  the  Brigade  or  Division  Inspector. 

"  An  Inspector  who  is  not  able  to  be  personally  present  on  any  occa- 
"  sion  of  duty  will  so  report  to  his  commanding"  officer,  who  will  then 
"  detail  a  competent  officer  to  act  in  his  stead. 

"  The  powers  and  authority  of  Rifle  Insjiectors  in  the  field  (see  CJene- 
"  ral  Regulations,  paragraph"  70!),  Sulidivisions  :!  and  -t,  and  Wingate's 
"  Manual,  sees.  .">  and  ;!;U)  will  be  duly  respected  by  all  concerned,  and 
"  enforced  by  the  commaniling  officer  on  duty. 

"  In  regular  jnacticc  each  enlisted  man  will"  shoot  with  the  piece  issued 
"  by  the  Ordnance  Deijartnient  of  the  State,  and  lirought  liy  him  on  the 
"  ground,  unless  the  same  is  condemned,  for  actual  defects,  by  an  Inspec- 
"  tor  of  Rifle  Practice.  In  that  case  the  man  may  shoot  with  the  near- 
"  est  approved  piece  in  the  ranks,  and  the  one  condemned  will  be  re- 
"  turned  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  for  repairs  or  exchaiige. 


"  (d. )  Class  Firixg  and  Scoring. — All  hut  marksmen  of  1879  (who  are  per- 
"  mitted  to  shoot  directly  for  the  Decoration  on  Marksman's  Day  or  iu 
"  the  matches  above  designated  only)  must  shoot  through  the  regular 
"  classes  prescribed  in  the  Manual,  and  are  prohibited  from  tiring  in 
"  any  class  to  whicli  they  do  not  belong,  and  from  shooting  for  a  second 
"  or  higher  score  in  a  class  in  which  they  ha\e  alieudy  qualified.  The 
"  record  must  stand  upon  the  first  qualifying  score  made. 

"  Xo  score  by  oflicer  or  enlisted  man  will  be  recognized  unless  made 
"  at  a  target  to  which  he  has  been  regularly  assigned,  and  where  his 
"  name  has  been  previously  entered  on  a  setre  blank. 

"  Second  practice  will  not  be  allowed  while  any  who  are  entitled  to 
"  shoot  are  waiting  for  first  practice.  No  officer  or  enlisted  man  will  be 
"  permitted  to  fire  more  than  ten  individual  shots  at  any  one  distance 
"  on  the  .same  day,  except  the  )u  rii^cu  y  ^i^diting  shots  to  ascertain  ele- 
"  vation,  windage  and  the  conditinn  of  jiieces,  which  may  be  fired  by 
"  officers  under  the  inspection  of  an  Inspector  of  Rifle  Practice. 

"  (e. )  Officers. — A  sufficient  number  of  commissioned  officers  must  accompany 
"  all  parties  for  rifle  practice  to  command  and  instruct  the  men.  At 
"  least  one  company  officer  will  be  present  with  any  part  of  his  com- 
"  pany  on  duty,  and  a  field  officer  will  take  command'of  all  detachments 
"  of  two  or  more  companies.  An  officer  is  not  exempt  from  duty,  as 
"  such,  because  he  has  completed  liis  own  rifle  practice. 

"  For  the  sake  of  discipline  coniniissioned  ollicers  will  make  their  own 
"  scores  on  targets  especially  assigned  them  and  not  with  their  men. 

"  The  responsibility  of  otficers  on  the  range  is  very  great.  They  will 
"  not  allow  their  own  shooting  to  interfere  with  their  first  duty  in  in- 
"  .structing  the  men.  (Jood  officers  will  lie  theoretically  proficient  in  the 
"  use  of  the  rifle  and  able  to  apply  armory  instruction  in  the  field.  The 
"  men  will  be  instructed  as  much  as  ])ossilile  while  waiting  their  turns 
"  to  shoot  and  will  have  their  sights  blackened,  and  the  correct  elevation 
"  and  windage  given  them  before  going  to  the  firing  points.  Inspectors 
"  of  Rifle  Practice  will  report  to  their  commandants  officere  who  neglect, 
"  or  are  incompetent,  to  properly  instruct  their  men. 

"  (/. )  Rkcord.s. — The  blanks  and  books  for  record  of  rifle  practice  (issued 
"  through  Division  head-quarters)  must  be  kept  written  up,  and  must 
"  be  written  iu  ink,  including  the  original  score  blanks.  Alterations 
"  in  score  blanks  can  only  be  made  under  certificate  of  an  Inspector  of 
"  Rifle  Practice.  The  '  Company  Classification  Roll '  will  be  conspic- 
"  nously  displayed  in  Comi)any  rooms. 

"  III.  All  previous  orders,  regulations  and  rulings,  relating  to  rifle  practice,  nor 
"  in  conflict  with  this  order,  will  remain  in  force. 

"  By  order  of  the  Commander-in-Chief. 

"(Signed,1  FREDERICK  TOWXSEXD, 

'■  Adjutant-General" 

II.     The  various  organizations  of  this  Division  will  practice  at  Creedmoor 
on  the  dates  below  assigned  : 

1.  Marksmans's  Day. 

First  Brigade,  2^5  Marksmen. 
on  June  7th. 

Second  Brigade,  232  Marksmen. 
on  June  11th. 

Third  Brigade,  550  Marksmen. 

7th  Regiment,  on  June  18th. 

8th  and  G9th  Regiments,  on  .June  21st. 

Cavalrg  Organizations  and  Battery  "B." 
on  June  ISlli. 


2.  First  General  Practice. 

First  Brigade. 
June  25th,  July  15th  and  29th. 

Second  Brigade. 
July  1st,  19th  and  oOth. 
Third   Brigade. 
July  12th,  23d,  and  August  2d. 
Cavalrg   Organizations  and  Battery  "U." 
August  5th. 

3.  Second  General  Practice. 

First  Brigade. 
August  Gth,  lotli  and  28d. 

Second  Brigade. 
August  9th,  IGth  and  20th. 

Third  Brigade. 
August  r2lh,  rjtli  and  2(3th. 
Cavalry   Organizations  anil  Battery  "  E." 
August  27th. 

4.  No  two  or  more  regiments  or  detachments  from  dilferent  regi- 

ments will  occupy  the  range  on  the  same  day.  Brigade  Com- 
manders will  be  guided  by  the  above  provision  in  issuing 
their  orders. 

5.  In  addition  to  the  above  dates,  there  will  be  a  number  of  days 

after  September  1st  on  which  the  range  may  be  secured  for 
practice  by  organizations  desirous  of  so  doing,  upon  proper 
and  approved  application  therefor,  made  through  the  usual 
channels  to  these  Head-Quarters. 

III.  Each  organization  will  be  allowed  one  transportation  to  and  from 
Creedmoor  for  each  officer,  non-commissioned  officer  and  soldier  therein, 
as  shown  by  its  quarterly  return  for  the  first  quarter  of  1880.  The  Com- 
manding Officer  of  each  Uegiment,  Separate  Troop  "  A  "  and  Battery  "  E  " 
sending  a  team  to  Creedmoor  to  compete  for  the  State  Prizes,  will  be  al- 
lowed one  transportation  to  and  from  Creedmoor  for  each  member  of  such 
team  (excluding  all  substitutes  and  attendants),  provided  that  requisition 
therefor,  duly  approved  by  intermediate  commandei's,  is  received  at  least 
thirty  days  prior  to  tlie  time  of  such  competition.     Under  no  circumstances 


will  other  expenses  connected  with  teams  competing  in  any  match  be  de- 
frayed from  the  military  fund  of  the  State  during  the  current  year. 

IV.  Ammunition  for  target  practice  during  the  current  year  will  be  lim- 
ited as  follows  : 

To  the  5th  Regiment,  .     .     .      not  to  exceed  20,040  cartridges. 

•'       7th          ■•  ..."'•  3o,9G0 

"  8th          "  .     .     .          "          "  17,600 

"      '.)th          '•  ...'•"  29,520 

'•  11th          "  ...•'"  24,160 

"  12th          "  .     .     .          "          "  16,960 

"  22d           "  .     .     .          "          "  22,040 

"  69th          "  .     .     .          "          "  29,240 

"  71st          "  ...•'"  21,080 

"  3d             "        Cavalry,     .  "          "  15,840 

'■  Separate  Troop  "  A "                   "          "  2,360 

"  Battery  "  E,"  "          "  2,400 

"  1st  Brigade      "  "     ^     "  440 

"  2d         "           "  "          "  480 

"  3d         "            "  "          ••  440 

V.  No  further  issue  of  ammunition  will  be  made  to  any  organization. 
Any  greater  amount  required  for  class  or  teniii  practice,  or  for  competitions 
of  any  kind  must  be  provided  independently  of  the  State.  Musicians,  be- 
ing non-combatants,  will  not  be  furnished  with  ammunition. 

VI.  Requisitions  for  ammunition  and  ti'ansportation  will  be  made  upon 
blanks  furnished  by  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  and  .Acting  Assistant  Quarter- 
master General,  signed  by  the  Commanding  Officer  of  the  organization  and 
approved  by  intermediate  commanders.  One  half  the  allowance  of  ammu- 
nition herein  prescribed  will  be  issued  to  each  organization  on  receipt  of  its 
requisition,  and  the  remainder  will  be  i.ssued  on  receipt  by  the  Chief  of 
Ordnance  of  the  shells  of  the  first  issue.  On  the  second  issue,  a  deduction 
from  the  allowance  of  each  organization  of  one  cartridge  for  every  three 
shells  not  returned,  or  returned  in  bad  order,  will  be  made.  The  ammu- 
nition will  be  issued  either  from  the  NewYork  State  Arsenal  or  from  the 
State  Magazine  at  Creedmoor,  as  Commanding  Officers  may  elect. 

VII.  Commanding  officers  will  make  the  necessary  details  for  guai-d 
duty  and  give  such  instructions  as  will  insure  good  order  and  discipline  in 
going  to,  returning  from  and  while  on  the  range,  which  instructions  will 
embrace  that  part  of  the  range  assigned  to  the  use  of  the  troops,  but  must 
not  interfere  with  the  privileges  of  members  of  the  National  Rifle  Associa- 
tion who  have  at  all  times  the  right  to  enter  within  tlie  range  and  use  any 
portion  of  it  not  occupied  bj'  the  troops. 

VIII. — Troops  will  leave  Long  Island  City  by  train  at  8  a.  m.  (34th  street 
ferry  New  York,  15  minutes  earlier),  and  return  at  such  hour  as  may  be 
designated  by  the  commanding  officer,  who  will  communicate  to  the  Gene- 
ral Passenger  Agent  of  the  Long  Island  Railroad  the  hour  at  which  he  de- 
sires his  command  to  leave  the  range. 


IX.  In  case  at  tlie  hour  of  assembly  tlie  weather  should  be  stormy,  or 
of  a  nature  so  threatening  that  in  tlie  judgment  of  the  commanding  officer 
(lie  practice  ordered  for  the  day  cannot  be  carried  out,  he  may  countermand 
tlie  order  for  practice  on  such  day,  but  must  immediately  notify  the  Gene- 
ral Passenger  Agent  of  the  Long  Island  Railroad  and  the  Superintendent 
of  the  range  at  Creedmoor  of  such  action,  and  will  also  report  the  same  to 
Brigade  and  Division  Head-quarters  in  order  that  another  day  may  be  as- 
signed to  his  command  to  complete  its  practice. 

X.  Brigade  commanders  will  issue  without  delay,  the  necessary  orders 
for  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  this  order,  a  copy  of  which,  as  well  as 
of  the  regimental  and  troop  orders  issued  in  pursuance  hereof,  will  be  for- 
warded immediately  after  issue,  to  Lieutenant-Colonel  E.  II.  Sandford,  Di- 
vision Inspector  of  Rifle  Practice,  157  Maiden  Lane,  New  York. 

By  order  of  Brigadier-General  .1.   "SI.  Variax. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  Gen' I  arid  Chief  of  Staff. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD   STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 
155  AND  157  Mercer  Street, 

New  York,  June  7,  1880, 

General  Orders,  ) 

No.  8.  I 

I.  It  is  with  feelings  of  profound  regret  that  the  death  of  Brigadier- 
General  Frederick  Vilmar,  Second  Brigade,  which  occurred  at  four 
o'clock  this  afternoon,  is  announced  to  the  Division. 

General  Vilmar  entered  the  military  service  of  the  State  as  Adjutant  of 
the  Eleventh  Regiment  Infantry  on  May  8,  1861,  and  served  with  it  in  that 
capacity  during  the  campaign  of  1862,  in  the  Shenandoah  Valley. 

He  was  appointed  Commissary  of  Subsistence  with  the  rank  of  Lieuten- 
ant-Colonel upon  the  staff  of  the  Division  Commander  on  December  19, 
1868,  which  position  he  vacated  to  assume  the  Colonelcy  of  the  Eleventh 
Regiment  on  September  22,  1871,  and  on  March  8,  1875  he  was  chosen 
Brigadier-General  of  the  Second  Brigade,  in  the  command  of  which  he  re- 
mained to  the  time  of  his  death. 

He  will  be  buried  with  military  honors  on  Thursday,  the  10th  instant,  at 
2  o'clock,  p.  M.,  from  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  Fifth  avenue,  between 
11th  and  12th  streets. 

II.  The  following  organizations  are  detailed  as  the  funeral  escort: 

Separate  Troop  "A,"   Cavalry. 
Platoon  of  Battery  "  E,"   Artillery. 
Seventy  first  Regiment,  Infantry. 

The  escort  will  be  commanded  by  Brigadier-General  Wm.  G.  Ward, 
Commanding  First  Brigade,  and  will  assemble  at  2:30  o'clock, 
p.  M.,  on  Fifth  avenue  opposite  and  facing  the  church. 

III.  The  following  named  officers  have  been  requested  by  the  friends  of 
the  family  to  act  as  pall  bearers,  and  they  will  meet,  in  uniform,  at  No.  24 
Bond  street,  at  1:30  o'clock,  p.  m. 

Brigadier-General  J.  M.  Varian. 
Colonel  Henry  A.  Gildersleeve. 
Colonel  Carl  Jussen. 
Colonel  Cornelius  B.  Mitchell. 
Colonel  John  Mechan. 
Colonel  Henry  Lux. 
Colonel  Joachim   MaidhofF. 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Frank  Wrisley. 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Hermann  Sussmann. 


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IV.  Officers  and  organizations  of  the  National  Guard  desiring  to  take 
part  in  the  ceremonies  are  invited  to  attend  the  funeral  and  to  assemble  in 
uniform  for  that  purpose  on  Fifth  avenue,  south  of  10th  street,  at  2:30 
o'clock,  p.  M. 


By  order  of  Brigadier-General  J.  M.  Varian,  Commanding. 


HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  GerCl  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


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HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 
155  AND  157  Mercer  Street, 

New  York,  Sept.  27,  1880. 

General  Orders  1 

No.|}  / 

I.  Pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  Special  Orders  No.  192,  c.  s.  General 
Head-quarters,  the  Third  Regiment  Cavalry  is  disbanded  and  will  be  assem- 
bled for  muster-out  at  its  armory  on  Tuesday,  the  19th  proximo,  at  8 
o'clock,  p.  M. 

II.  The  commanding  officer  of  the  regiment  will  at  once  cause  three 
copies  of  the  muster-out  rolls,  and  the  discharges  by  disbandment,  to  be  pro- 
perly prepared,  tilled  up,  signed  and  in  readiness  for  the  mustering  officer 
on  or  before  the  13th  proximo. 

III.  Attention  is  directed  to  the  provisions  of  paragraphs  IV,  VI,  VII 
and  VIII  of  General  Orders  No.  8,  series  1878,  General  Head-quarters. 

By  order  of  Brigadier-General  J.  M.  Varian, 

Commanding. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

/    /  Colonel,  A.  A.  GenH  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD   STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 
155  AND  157  Mercer  Street, 

New  York,  Oct.  1,   1880. 


General  Orders, 
No.  10. 


The  Major-General  Commanding  having  reported  for  duty  from  leave  of 
absence  and  resumed  the  command  of  the  Division,  Brigadier-General  J. 
M.  Varian,  3d  Brigade,  and  Colonel  Emmons  Clark,  7th  Regiment  v?ill  at 
once  resume  their  proper  commands. 


By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 


HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  GenH  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD   STATE  OF  NEW  YORE, 
155  AND  157  Mercer  Street, 

New  York,  Oct.  G,  1880. 

General  Orders,  ) 
No.  11.  i 

I.  Pursuant  to  orders  from  General  Head-quarters  the  Division  will  pa- 
rade on  Thursday,  the  21st  instant,  fully  uniformed,  armed  and  equipped. 

II.  Line  will  be  formed  on  Fifth  avenue,  facing  eastward,  in  the  follow- 
ing order,  from  right  to  left,  the  right  of  the  Third  Brigade  resting  on  50th 
street : 

Separate  Troop  "  A." 
Third  Brigade. 
Battery  "  B." 

"E." 

"K." 
First  Brigade. 
The  formation  must  be  completed  at  1:30  o'clock,  p.  m. 

III.  The  Second  Division,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  Major-General  .lames  Jourdan 
commanding,  having  been  ordered  to  join  in  this  parade,  will  be  received 
by  this  Division  in  line  with  open  ranks. 

IV.  Brigade  Commanders  and  their  staffs  will  take  post  on  the  right  of 
their  respective  brigades,  and  when  the  Second  Division  has  cleared  the 
left  of  the  line,  the  division  will  form  column. 

V.  The  line  of  march  will  be  down  Fifth  avenue  to  42d  street,  where  the 
honors  of  a  marching  salute  will  be  paid  to  His  Excellency  the  Commander- 
in-Chief. 

VI.  After  passing  in  review,  the  several  organizations  will  march  to  their 
respective  armories  by  the  shortest  available  route. 

VII.  The  Division  Staff  will  assemble  mounted  and  in  full  uniform  at 
the  "  Rendezvous,"    (7,  9  and  11  West  13th  street)  at  12  o'clock,  m. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  GeuH  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


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iii:ai)-quaiiteiis  fiiist  division, 

national  guard  state  of  new  york, 

155  AM)  157  Mkuckr  Sirkkt, 

Nkw  York,  Nov.  30,   1880. 


ClUCULAU. 


Tlie  following  coniiiHmication  from  Major  D.  1).  AVillianison,  Tliird  ]5ri- 
gade  Staff,  offering  a  prize  for  recriiiliiig,  receives  tlie  cordial  approval  of 
tiie  Major-Geiieral  Coiiimaiidiug  the  Division,  and  is  publisiied  for  the  in- 
formation of  all  concerned.  Notice  of  the  manner  and  form  of  returns  re- 
quired, will  be  announced  at  an  early  day  : 

"  Hi;au-Qiiautkr.s  Tiiiiu)  Bisigadk,  Fiust  Division,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 

"Ni;w  York,  Nov.  20,   1880. 

"Major-General  Alexander  Shalei;, 

"Genkrai,  : — I  should  like  through  you  as  (Commandant  of  the  First 
"  Division,  to  offer  to  present  a  gold  badge  to  the  non-commissioned  officer 
"or  private  of  the  First  Division,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  who  shall  have  obtained 
"  the  gi-eatest,  number  of  recruits  (either  by  new  enlistments  or  re-enlist- 
"nients)  between  the  1st  day  of  December,  1880,  and  the  1st  day  of  April. 
"1881. 

"  If  this  meets  with  your  approval,  1  shall  esteem  it  a  favor  if  you  would 
"  issue  to  the  commandants  of  the  troops,  batteries  and  companies  a  circu- 
"  lar  informing  them  of  my  offer.  If  accepted,  I  will  hereafter  make  known 
"the  manner  in  which  I  should  wish  to  be  apprised  of  the  successful  com- 
"  petitor. 

"  Respectfully, 

"DAVID  B.   WILLIAMSON, 

"  Major  and  Judge  Advocate,  3d  Brigade.^' 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Sualer. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A,  Gen' I  and  Chief  of  Staff . 
[official.  ] 


.and  A.  D.  C. 


HEAU-QUAIlTEllS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD   STATE  OF  NEW  YORK. 
155  AND  157  Mercer  Street, 

New  York,  Dec.   18,  1880. 


Circular. 


An  invitation  has  been  receive<l  from  the  "Executive  Committee  on 
"Inaugural  Ceremonies"  for  tlie  officers  and  men  of  this  Division  to  visit, 
(lie  City  of  Washington  on  the  4lh  of  March  next,  and  take  part  in  the 
parade  incident  to  the  inauguration  of  General  James  A.  Garfield  as  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States. 

The  Major-General  Commanding  would  be  pleased  to  have  the  Division 
represented  on  this  inteiesting  occasion,  and  any  organization  desirous  of 
accepting  the  invitation  will  communicate  the  fact  to  tliese  Head-Quarters 
at  the  earliest  possible  date,  in  order  th'it  every  facility  may  be  given  to 
that  end. 


Dy  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Siialer. 


HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  Gen' I  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


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UEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 

155  AND  157  Mercer  Street, 

New  York,   February  7,   1881. 


General  Orders, 
No.  1. 


Pursuant  to  Section  235  of  the  Military  Code,  a  Court  Martial  is  hereby 
ordered  for  the  trial  of  tlie  officers  in  the  several  brigades  above  the  rank 
of  captain,  and  of  all  officers  belonging  to  the  cavalry  and  artillery  organi- 
zations of  this  Division,  who  have  been  returned  as  "  absent  from  any  pa- 
rade, encampment,  drill  or  meeting  for  instruction,"  held  pursuant  to  or- 
ders during  the  year  1880. 

Detail   for  the  Court : 

Brigadier-General  J.   M.  Varian,  8d  Brigade. 
Colonel  Josiah  Porter,  22d  Regiment  Infantry. 
Colonel  Frederick  Unbekannt,   11th  Regiment  Infantry. 

The  Court  will  assemble  at  the  "Rendezvous"  (Nos.  7,  9  and  11  West 
13th  street),  on  Thursday,  March  3d,  1881,  at  8  o'clocli,  p   m. 


By  order  of  ^Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 


(:^4JuL^/^ 


HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  Gen' I  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


'^^  ,  7tA;:4^ft^ 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 
155  AND  157  Mercer  Street, 

New  York,   February  16,  1881. 


General  Orders,  1 
No.  2.  / 


A  General  Court  Martial  will  convene  at  the  "  Rendezvous"  (Nos.  7,  9 
and  11  West  13th  street),  on  the  10th  proximo,  at  8  o'clock,  p.  m.,  or  as 
soon  thereafter  as  possible,  for  the  trial  of  Captain  Patrick  K.  Horgan  of 
Co.  "  C"  69th  Regiment  Infantry  and  of  Captain  Martin  McDonnell  of  Co. 
•'  H,"  69th  Regiment  Infantry,  and  of  such  other  officers  as  may  be  brought 
before  it. 

DETAIL    for    the    CoURT  : 

Brigadier-General  William  G.  Ward,   1st  Brigade. 

Colonel  Richard  Vose,   71st  Regiment  Infantry. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Charles  A.  Post,  Ordnance  Officer,  1st  Division. 

Major  David  B.  Williamson,  Judge  Advocate,  3d  Brigade,  is  appointed 
the  Judge  Advocate  for  the  Court. 

The  Court  will  sit  without  regard  to  hours. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  Gen' I  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


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HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 
155  AND  157  Mercer  Street, 

New  York,   February  17,  1881. 

General  Orders,  | 
No.  3.  ( 

I. — Pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  Special  Orders  No.  23,  c.  s.  General 
Head-quarters,  Separate  Troop  "A"  is  disbanded  and  will  be  assembled 
for  muster-out  at  its  armory  on  Saturday,  the  19th  proximo,  at  8  o'clock, 
p.  M. 

II. — The  commanding  oificer  of  the  troop  will  at  once  cause  three  copies 
of  the  muster-out  rolls  and  the  discharges  by  disbandment,  to  be  properly 
prepared,  filled  up,  signed  and  in  readiness  for  the  mustering  oflBcer  on  or 
before  the  9th  proximo. 

III. — ^AttcEtion  is  directed  to  the  provisions  of  paragraphs  IV,  VI,  VII 
and  VIII  of  General  Orders  No.  8,  series  1878,  General  Head-quarters. 

IV. — In  thus  carrying  out  the  directions  of  the  Commander-in-Chief  dis- 
banding the  only  remaining  cavalry  organization  in  the  Division,  the  JMajor- 
General  Commanding  desires  to  express  his  great  regret  that  the  pleasant 
relations  so  long  existing  between  Captain  Karl  Klein  and  his  command  and 
these  Head-quarters,  are  about  to  be  severed.  Separate  Troop  "A,"  which 
was  formerly  Battery  "  H  "  1st  Regiment  Artillery,  was  retained  in  the 
service  as  a  troop  of  cavalry  when  the  regiment  was  disbanded  in  18G9 
and  has  since  1870,  reported  direct  to  Division  Head-quarters,  performing, 
meanwhile,  all  the  duties  generally  devolving  upon  a  mounted  escort,  in 
addition  to  the  duties  performed  by  other  organizations.  Its  commander, 
who  now  retires,  as  senior  commanding  officer  of  the  cavalry  arm  in  the 
National  Guard  and  with  brevet  rank  as  Major,  from  an  active  and  continu- 
ous service  of  twenty-eight  years  duration,  including  a  period  of  war  ser- 
vice, has  during  that  time  served  honorably  and  faithfully  in  all  the  inter- 
mediate grades,  and  has  shown  himself  a  capable  and  zealous  officer.  For 
his  ability,  fidelity,  courtesy  and  readiness  at  all  times  for  any  required 
service,  the  thanks  of  the  Division  Commander  are  herewith  conveyed  to 
him. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Ai-EXANnER  Shai.kr. 


/// 


/         ^  HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colo7iel, 


ff  Colonel,  A.  A.  Gen' I  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


HEAD-QUAllTEIlS  I'lUST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 
156  AND  167  Mkrcer  Strekt, 


New   York,   April^^jllw  1881, 


General  Orders,  1 
No.  4,  / 

1. — Before  a  General  Court  Martial  which  convened  at  the  "  Rendezvous," 
(Nos.  7,  0  and  11  West  13th  Street),  city  of  New  York,  pursuant  to  General 
Orders  No.  2,  c.  s.,  from  these  Head-quarters,  and  of  wliich  Brigadier-Gen- 
eral William  G.  Ward,  Ist  Brigade,  is  President,  was  arraigned  and  tried: 

Captain  Patrick  K.  Horgan,  of  Company  "  C,"  Sixty-ninth  Regiment 
Infantry,  on  the  following  charges  and  specificatioue  : 

Charue  First. — Conduct  unhecomi/u/  an  officer  and  gentleman. 

Specification  l.—ln  this,  that  he,  the  said  Captain  Patrick  K.  Horgan, 
Company  "  C."  69th  Kegiment  Infantry,  N.  G.  S.  N.  V.,  did,  in  the  pres- 
ence of  Captain  Martin  McDonnell,  commanding  Company  "  H,"  G9th  Regi- 
ment N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  and  of  a  large  number  of  the  non-commissioned  offi- 
cers and  privates  of  the  last  mentioned  company  and  in  tlie  quarters  of  the 
last  named  company,  openly  and  publicly  say  to  the  said  Lieutenant-Colonel 
William  DeLacy,  (>'.)th  Kegiment  Infantry  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  "  What  right  have 
"you  here?  Your  presence  is  insulting  and  impertinent."  "  1  don't  res- 
"ipect  you.  I  order  you  out  of  this  room."  "1  knew  you  lied,"  ol-  did 
use  similar  words,  or  words  to  the  same  effect,  when  the  said  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  was  then  and  there  present  at  the  request  and  invitation  of  the  said 
Captain  Martin  McDonnell  commanding  the  said  last  named  company. 

This  at  the  armory  of  the  said  69th  Kegiment  Infanti-y  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  at 
the  City  of  New  York,  in  the  County  of  New  York,  on  or  about  the  28tli 
day  of  June,  1880. 

Charge  Second.  —  Disrespect  to  his  superior  officer. 

Specification  l.—\n  this,  that  at  a  meeting  of  Company  "  H,"  69tb  Regi- 
ment Infantry,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  held  at  its  company  room  for  the  election  Of  ti 
first  lieutenant  of  said  Company  "  H,"  pursuant  to  orders  from  the  head- 
quarters of  sail  69tli  Regiment  Infiintry.  at  which  Lieutenant-Colonel  Wil- 
liam DeLacy  6'.)ih  Kegiment  Infantry  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  was  in  attendance  for 
the  purpose  of  presiding  at  such  election,  and  was  then  and  there  the  officer 
of  the  highest  rank  present,  he,  the  said  Patrick  K.  Horgan,  Company  "  C," 
(19th  Regiment  Infantry  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  said  to  the  said  Lieutenant-Colonel 
William  DeLacy,  his  superior  officer,  "  What  right  have  yoii  here?  Your 
■'presence  is  insulting  and  impertinent.  You  can't  preside  here.  I  don't 
••respect  you.  I  order  you  out  of  this  room, "or  used  similar  words  or 
words  to  the  same  eifect ;  and  then  and  ihefe  acted  in  an  insulting  and  dis- 
respectful manner  to  the  said  Lieutenant-Colonel  William  DeLacy,  in  the 
presence  of  officers  and  members  of  the  aforesaid  Company  "  C,"  69th  Regi- 
ment Infantry. 

This  at  the  armory  of  said  69th  Regiment  Infantry  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  at  the 
City  of  New  York,  in  the  County  of  New  York,  on  the  28th  day  of  June,  1880. 
■     CHAKr.E  THm\K— Violating  sedlinit  nevenlff-isight  (ff  the  Military  Code. 

Specification  /.—In  this,  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  nicmbers  of  Company 
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••  H,  "  byth  Kegimeni  liitkiitry  N.  G.  C».  N.  V.,  lielJ  lor  tiie  election  of  a  first 
lieutenant  of  said  Company  ■'  H,"  in  compliance  with  special  orders  No.  21, 
series  of  1880,  from  the  head-quarters  of  said  69th  Regiment  Infantry,  he, 
the  said  Captain  Patrick  K.  Horgan,  Company  ••  C,"  GOtli  Ktgiment  Infantry 
N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  did  undertake  and  assume  to  preside  at  such  meeting,  al- 
though he  was  not  the  ofticer  of  the  highest  rank  present,  and  altliough 
Lieutenant-Colonel  William  DeLacy  of  said  61tth  Regiment  Infantry  N.  G.  S. 
N.  Y.  was  then  and  there  present  for  the  purpose  of  presiding  at  such  meet- 
ing, and  was  the  officer  of  the  highest  rank  present,  and  was  well  known  to 
said  Captain  Patrick  K.  Horgan  so  to  be.  And  that  the  said  Captain  Pat- 
rick K.  Horgan  did  then  and  there  assert  his  right  to  preside  and  did  pre- 
side at  such  meeting,  and  denied  tiie  right  of  said  Lieutenant-Colonel  Wil- 
liam DeLacy  to  preside  thereat. 

This  at  the  armory  of  said  tiUth  Regiment  Infantry  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  at  the 
City  of  New  York  in  the  County  of  New  York,  on  the  '2Ht\i  day  of  June,  1880. 

Chargk  ForuTH. —  Conduct  to  the  prejudice  of  good  onler  oiid  miUlaii/  dis- 
cipline. 

Specification  1. — In  this,  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  members  of  Company 
"H,"  (39th  Regiment  Infantry  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  held  for  the  election  of  a  first 
lieutenant  of  said  Company  "  H,"  in  compliance  with  special  oi'ders  No. 
21,  series  of  1880,  from  the  head-quarters  of  said  69th  Regiment  Infantry, 
in  the  presence  of  many  of  the  members  of  said  company,  and  of  others, 
members  of  said  69th  Regiment,  he,  the  said  Patrick  K.  Horgan,  Company 
"  C,"  69th  Regiment  Infantry  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  asserted  and  maintained  his 
own  right  to  preside  at  such  election,  and  did  preside  thereat,  although  he 
was  not  the  officer  of  the  highest  rank  present,  and  disputed  and  denied  the 
right  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  William  DeLacy,  69th  Infantry'  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y., 
who  was  then  present,  to  preside  thereat,  although  the  siid  Lieutenant-Colo- 
nel William  DeLacy  was  the  officer  of  the  highest  rank  present,  and  did 
then  and  there  say  to  the  said  Lieutenant-Colonel  William  DeLacy,  his  su- 
perior officer,  -'What  right  have  you  here?  ••  Your  presence  is  insulting 
"and  impertinent."  You  cnn't  preside  liere.  I  dont  respect  you.  I  order 
"you  out  of  this  room."  "I  knew  you  lied,"  or  used  similar  words  or 
words  to  the  same  effect  ;  and  then  ami  there  acted  in  an  insulting  and  dis- 
respectful and  abusive  manner  toward  the  saiil  Lieutenant-I^olonel  William 
DeLacy. 

This  at  the  armory  of  the  69th  Regiment  infantry  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  at  the 
City  of  New  York,  in  the  County  of  New  York,  the  28th  day  of  June,  1880. 

To  which  charges  and  specifications  the  accused  pleaded  as  follows  : 

To  the  First  Specification,  First  Charge  and  to  the  First  Charge. — 
"  The  accused  demurs  on  the  ground  that  the  specification  does 
"  not  set  forth  facts  sufficient  to  constitute  a  charge  within 
"  the  meaning  of  the  sixty-first  Article  of  War,  neither  does 
"it  state  the  Brigade  and  Division  to  which  the  accused  be- 
"  longs,  and  further  it  does  not  state  whether  Captain  Horgan 
"  knew  that  Lieutenant-Colonel  DeLacy  was  his  superior  offi- 
"  cer  or  not,  and  further  no  authority  exists  in  law  permitting 
"  a  captain  to  invite  an  officer  whom  he  desires  to  preside  at 
"  an  election,  neither  does  it  state  that  Captain  Horgan  was  on 
"duty.  The  Court  decided  "that  the  facts  as  stated  in  the 
"specification  do  not  amount  to  the  offence  charged,  and  the 
"first  charge  is  therefore  dismissed." 


To  the  First  Specification,  Second  Charge  and  to  the  Second  Charge.-^ 

"The  accused  demurs  on  the  ground  that  the  specification 

"  does  not  state  the  Brigade  and  Division  to  which  the  accused 

"belongs,  neither  does  it  state  that  Captain  Horgan  knew  that 

"  Lieutenant-Colonel  DeLacy  was  in  the  room  for  the  purpose 

"  of  presiding,  or  that  Captain  Horgan  was  on  military  duty." 

Tiie  Court  decided   "that  the  demurrer  is  not  sustained," 

whereupon  the  accused  pleaded   "Not  Guilty"   to  both  the 

specification  and  the  charge. 

To  the  Fir.it  Specification,  Third  Charge  and  to  the  Third  Charge.- — 
"  The  accused  demurs  on  the  ground  that  the  specification 
"  does  not  state  the  Brigade  and  Division  to  which  the  accused 
"belongs,  neither  does  it  state  tacts  sufficient  to  constitute  a 
"  military  charge  within  the  meaning  of  tiie  law."  The  Court 
decided  "  that  the  facts  as  stated  in  the  specification  do  not 
"  constitute  the  ofi'ense  charged,  and  the  third  charge  is  there- 
"  fore  dismissed." 

To  the  First  Specification,  Fourth  Charge  and  to  the  Fourth  Charge. 
— ^"  The  accused  demurs  on  the  ground  that  the  specification 
"  does  not  state  the  Brigade  and  Division  to  which  liie  accused 
"  belongs,  and  further  as  Charge  Fourtli  is  precisely  the  same 
"as  Charge  Second,  the  Judge  Advocate  must  elect  under 
'•  which  charge  tlie  accused  siiall  be  tried."  The  Court  deci- 
"  (led  that  the  demurrer  is  not  sustained,"  whereupon  the  ac- 
cused pleaded  "  Not  Guilty  '  to  both  the  specificaiion  and 
the  charge. 

Findings. 

The  Court,  having  maturely  considered  the  evidence  adduced,  finds  the 
accused,  Captain  Patrick  K.   Horgan,  Company  "  C,"    69th  ^Regiment  In- 
fantry, Third  Brigade,  First  Division,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  as  follows: 
"Of  the  Specification,  Second  Charge. — Guilty." 
"Of  the  Second  Charge. — Guilty." 
"  Of  the  Specification,  Fourth  Charge. — Guilty,  except  as  to  the  words, 

and  abusive,  and  as  to  the  excepted  words,  Not  Guilty." 
"Of  the  Fourth  Charge. — Guilty." 

'  '.  ■■■'.■■  -.v.-;-  .  -Sentence. 
"  And  the  Court  does  therefore  sentence  him.  Captain  Patrick  K.  Horgan, 
"Company  "  C,"  <i9ih  llegiment  Infantry,  Tiiird  Brigade,  First  Division,  N. 
"  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  to  be  publicly  reprimanded." 

The  proceedings,  findings  and  sentence  of  the  Court  are  approved- 

Though  the  testimony  elicited  is  to  some  extent  contradictory,  enough  of 
it  is  concurrent  to  show  that  a  scene  was  enacted  in  one  of  the  rooms  of  the 
regimental  armory,  in  tlie  presence  of  a  number  of  the  officers  and  enlisted 
men  of  the  regiment,  wliich  cannot  but  be  considered  disgraceful  in  a  repu- 
tal)le  military  organization.  It  appears  that  on  the  28th  of  June  last,  an 
election  for  a  lieutenant  of  Company  "  H,"  t59th  Regiment,  was  held  at  the 
.armory,  and  that  the  accused  appeared  there  in  uniform  ui)on  a  verbal  or- 
der of  the  Regimental  ('ommander  to  preside,  ami  that  he  did  preside  at  the 
election.  Lieutenant  Colonel  DeLacy  of  the  same  regiment,  also  appeared 
there  for  the  same  purpose,  and  finding  the  accused  in  the  chair,  seated 
himself  in  the  room,  but  after  a  few  minutes  arose  and  addressed  the  ac- 
cused or  the  meeting,  claiming  the  right  to  preside  at  tlie  election  by  virtue 
3 


of  hia  superior  rank  and  questioning  llie  authority  tiiat  tlie  accused  had 
received  from  the  Colonel.  Thereupon  the  Colonel,  then  present  in  the 
building,  was  appealed  to,  who  sustained  the  right  of  the  accused  to  preside 
at  the  election.  lioth  before  and  after  the  appearance  of  tlie  Colonel,  lan- 
guage was  addressed  to  Lieutenant-Colonel  DeLacy,  by  the  accused,  quite 
disrespectful  and  unbecoming,  and  that  language  is  the  burden  of  the  charges 
upon  which  Captain  Horgan  was  arraigned.  The  Court  very  justly  found 
the  accused  guilty  of  the  second  and  fourth  charges,  for  the  language  used 
by  him  showed  both  great  "  disrespect  to  his  superior  officer,"  and  used  in 
the  presence  of  enlisted  men  was  certainly  '-conduct  to  the  prejudice  of 
'•  good  order  and  military  discipline." 

Under  no  circumstance  is  an  officer  justified  in  showing  disrespect  to  a 
superior,  and  when  displayed  in  the  presence  of  enlisted  men  it  admits  of 
no  palliation.  It  is  to  he  regretted  that  (^aptain  Morgan's  experience  gained 
in  the  fi*»ld  during  the  last  war,  did  not  avail  to  prevent  his  very  reprehen- 
sible conduct  on  this  occasion,  and  that  it  becomes  necessary  to  remind  him 
in  this  disagreeable  manner  of  the  first  and  most  important  principles  of 
military  government. 

While  sustaining  the  Court  in  its  findings  and  ihus  carrying  out  its  sen- 
tence, the  reviewing  officer  deems  it  his  duty  to  say,  that  although  Captain 
Horgan  alone  was  on  trial,  he  was  not  alone  and  primarily  responsible  for 
the  occurrence,  for  the  following  reasons  : 

1st. — Because  the  order  to  preside  at  the  election  which  he  received 
from  the  Colonel  was  illegal  and  should  not  have  been  given, 
as  that  officer  could  not  go  farther  than  to  require  his  attend- 
ance, prepared  to  preside,  in  the  absence  of  an  officer  of  higher 
grade. 
2d. — Because  when  Lieutenant-Colonel  DeLacy  found  the  meeting 
presided  over  by  a  qualified  officer,  he  should  have  withdrawn 
and  conferred  with  the  Colonel,  if  any  explanation  was  needed, 
instead  of  appealing  to  his  junior  officers  and  the  enlisted  men 
there  assembled,  to  recognize  him  as  the  proper  presiding  offi- 
cer. If  Lieutenant-Colonel  DeLacy  had  organized  the  meet- 
ing and  opened  the  polls,  no  one  could  have  been  substituted 
for  him  during  the  election  ;  but  it  was  not  proper  for  him, 
notwithstanding  his  higher  rank,  to  demand  the  chair  alter  the 
meeting  had  been  organized  by  another  officer. 
For  these  reasons  the  reviewing  officer  endorses  the  following  supplemen- 
tary remarks  of  the  Court : 

"  The  Court  is  of  the  opinion  that  Lieutenant-Colonel  DeLacy,  an  officer 
"  holding  a  high  position  in  the  service  and  having  had  an  extended  expe- 
"  rience  as  such,  should  have  shown  more  discretion  in  his  action  and  lan- 
"  guage,  than  he  did  on  the  evening  of  June  28th,  1880." 

Captain  Horgan  will  resume  his  sword  and  return  to  duty  on  the  receipt 
of  this  order. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alkxandee  Shai.er. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  Gen' I  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


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HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD   STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 
155  AND  157  Mercer  Street, 

New  York,   May  14th,   1881. 

General  Orders,  "1 
No.  5.  j 

I. — Before  a  General  Court  Martial  which  convened  at  the  "  Rendezvous," 
(Nos.  7, '9  and  11  West  13th  street,)  city  of  New  York,  pursuant  to  General 
Ordei-s  No.  2,  c.  s.,  from  these  Head-quarters,  and  of  which  Brigadier-Gen- 
eral William  G.  Ward,  1st  Brigade,  is  President,  was  arraigned  and  tried: 

Captain  Martin  McDonnell,  of  Company  "  H,"  Sixty-ninth  Regiment  In- 
fantry, on  the  following  charges  and  specifications : 

Charge   First. — Neglect  of  duty  to  the  prejudice  of  good  order  and  military 
discipline. 

Specification  First. — In  this,  that  he,  the  said  Captain  Martin  McDonnell, 
Company  "  H,"  Sixty-ninth  Regiment  Infantry,  Third  Brigade,  First  Di- 
vision, N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  he  being  in  command  of  Company  "  H"  aforesaid, 
at  the  time  hereinafter  mentioned,  did  neglect  and  omit  to  serve  or  cause 
to  be  served,  on  the  sergeants  and  enlisted  men  of  Company  "  H  "  aforesaid, 
Reo-iniental  Order,  No.  25,  of  series  of  1880,  which  orders  he,  the  said  Cap- 
tain Martin  McDonnell,  did  receive  on  or  about  th«  30th  day  of  December, 
1880,  a  copy  of  which  is  hereunto  annexed,  and  which  is  made  a  part  of 
this  specification,  which  neglect  and  omission,  on  the  part  of  Captain  Mar- 
tin McDonnell  aforesaid,  did  prevent  the  non-commissioned  officers  of  Com- 
pany "  H  "  aforesaid,  from  attending  the  drill,  in  pursuance  to  paragraph 
7,  G.  0.  No.  '25,  aforesaid. 

All  this  at  the  City,  County  and  State  of  New  York. 

"  HEAD-QUARTERS  SIXTY-NINTH   REGIMENT, 

"  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. 
"  General  Orders,  1 

"  No.  25.  /  "  New  York,  December  29th,  1S80. 

"  I —Drills  in  the  School  of  the  Soldier,  and  the  Manual  of  Anns,  will  be  continued, 
"as  already  announced  iu  General  Orders  No.  21,  c.  s.,  during  the  month  of  January 
"  next,  commencing  on  Monday,  January  10th. 

"  II.— Hereafter  each  Company  must  have  one  drill  each  week4airing  the  drill  season, 
"  unless  otherwise  ordered,  thereby  necessitating  business  meetings  being  held  on  other 
"  than  drill  nights. 

"  III.— Company  Commandants  will  detail  the  recruits  and  other  members  of  their 
"  respective  Companies  whom  they  consider  unfit  to  participate  in  Company  Drills,  to 
"report  to  the  Adjutant,  in  fatigue  uniform,  on  Monday,  January  lOlh,  at  8  o'clock, 
"  p  M  They  will  also  detail  th  ir  First  Sergeants  to  report  m  fatigue  uniform,  at  the 
"  same  time  and  place,  and  furnish  tlie  Adjutant  witli  rosters  of  such  details  trom  their 
"  respective  Companies.  The  carelessness  with  which  a  similar  order  has  been  hereto- 
"  fore  treated  compels  the  Commanding  Officer  to  hereby  announce  that  any  disregard 
"  or  failure  to  comply  with  tliis  order,  or  any  orders  which  hercalter  may  bd  issued, 
"  will  be  considered  insubordination  and  treated  accordingly. 
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"  IV. — Sergeant  James  Mahoney,  of  I  Conipany,  is  hereby  detailed  as  Assistant  Ke- 
"  cruit  Instructor,  and  will  report  to  Lieut.  James  G.  Cunningham  for  dutv,  on  Monday, 
"  January  10th,  at  8  o'clock,  p.  m.  In  addition  to  his  other  duties  he  will  make  out  a 
"  roll  of  recruits,  call  such  roll  before  each  drill,  and  furnish  to  these  Head-quarters  a 
"  list  of  absent  members,  who  will  be  returned  for  Court-martial. 

"  v.— Company  Clerks,  appointed  by  Commanding  Officers  of  Companies,  will  report  to 
"  the  Adjutant,  on  Tuesday  ne.xt,  January  4th,  at  8  o'clock,  p.  m.,  for  examination.  They 
"  must  furnish  Certificates  of  Appointment,  signed  by  their  Company  Commandants. 
"  Failure  to  c  imply  with  this  order  will  prevent  payment  of  State  allowance.  {$50  per 
"  per  annum.) 

"  VI.— Company  Commandants  will  furnish  these  Head-quarters,  on  or  before  Thurs- 
"  day  next,  January  6th,  a  complete  roster  of  their  resjective  Companies,  with  the  ad- 
"  dress  of  each  member  thereon. 

"  VII. — The  Non-commissioned  officers,  including  Non-commissioned  StafT,  will  assem- 
"  ble  at  Armory,  in  fatigue  uniform,  on  Thursday  next,  January  Gth,  at  8  o'clock,  p.  m., 
"  for  drill  and  instruction.  This  being  the  first  "drill  of  the  new  year,  every  Non-com- 
"  missioned  officer  in  the  Regiment  must  be  i)resent.  In  additionto  other  movements, 
"  Formation  of  the  Company,  and  Receiving  and  Taking  Details  will  be  explained  and 
"  executed.     No  excuse  will  be  taken  for  absence  from  this  drill. 

"  VIII. — Sergeant-Major  Thomas  J.  O'Donohue  will  forward  to  these  Head-quarters, 
"  on  or  before  Monday,  January  10th,  a  return  of  delinquent  Non-commissioned  Offi- 
"  cers,  with  addresses,  for  Court-martial. 

"  The  Commanding  Officer  regrets  having  to  remind  members  who  fail  to  attend  Com- 
"  pany  Drills  that  a  tine  of  $2.00  will  be  imposed  for  each  offence,  and  that  all  the  power 
"  which  the  military  law  of  the  State  confers  will  be  invoked  to  compel  a  full  attendance 
"  thereat. 

"  X. — Commanding  Officers  of  Companies  must  be  aware  that  members  not  well  in- 
"  strueted  in  the  Schools  of  the  Soldier  and  Company  are  not  fit  to  participate  in  any 
"  Regimental  Parade  or  Battalion  Drill,  and  that  hereafter  such  members  will  not  be 
"  tolerated  in  the  Regiment.  Room  must  be  made  for  more  active  members,  if  Compa- 
'  nies  continue  to  drill  below  the  minimum  standard.  The  drill  and  discipline  of  the 
"  Regiment  must  be  perfected  as  quickly  as  possible,  to  carry  out  which,  any  member 
"  who,  through  negligence  or  incompetence  retards  the  same,  must  retire. 

"  By  order  of  Colonel  James  Cavanagh. 

"JAMES  MORAN, 
"  Oflicial  :  •'  Adjutant:' 

Specification  Second. — In  tliis,  that  lie.  the  said  Captain  Martin  McDonnell, 
Company  "  H,"  Sixty-ninth  Uegiment  Infantry,  Third  Brigade,  First  Divis- 
ion, N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  he  being  in  command  of  Company  "  H  "  aforesaid,  at  the 
time  hereinafter  mentioned,  did  contrary  to  G.  0.  No.  25,  hereinafter  men- 
tioned, neglect,  disobey  and  omit  to  comply  with  paragraph  3,  G.  0.  No.  25, 
series  of  1880,  which  orders  aforesaid  he  received  on  or  about  the  30th  day 
of  December,  1880,  a  copy  of  which  is  hereunto  annexed,  and  which  is  made 
a  part  of  this  specification.     [See  1st  specification.) 

All  this  at  the  City,  County  and  State  of  New  York, 

Specification  Third. — In  this,  that  he,  the  said  Captain  Martin  McDonnell, 
Company  "  H,"  Sixty-ninth  Regiment  Infantry,  Third  Brigade.  First  Divis- 
ion, N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  he  being  in  command  of  Company  "  H  "  aforesaid,  at  the 
time  hereinafter  mentioned,  did  neglect,  disobey  and  omit  to  forward  to  the 
head-quarters  of  the  Sixty-ninth  Regiment  Infantry  aforesaid,  corner  Sixth 
street  and  Third  avenue.  City  of  New  York,  a  roster  of  Company  "  H  "  afore- 
said, in  compliance  with  paragraph  6,  G.  0.  No.  25,  series  of  1880,  which 
orders  aforesaid  he,  the  said  Captain  Martin  McDonnell  did  receive  on  or 
about  the  80th  day  of  December,  1880,  a  copy  of  which  is  hereunto  annexed- 
and  is  made  a  part  of  this  specification.     [See  1st  specification.) 


Specification  Fourth. — In  this,  that  he,  the  said  Captain  Martin  McDon- 
nell, Company  "  H,"  Sixty-ninth  Regiment  Infantry,  Third  Brigade,  First 
Division,  N.  G.  S.  N,  Y.,  he  being  in  command  of  Company  "  H  "  aforesaid, 
at  the  time  hereinafter  mentioned,  did  neglect,  fail  and  omit  to  forward  to 
the  Head-quarters  of  the  Sixty-ninth  Regiment  Infantry,  Third  Brigade, 
First  Division,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  the  quarterly  returns  of  Company  "H" 
aforesaid,  for  the  quarter  ending  December  31st,  1880,  and  which  return 
had  not  been  forwarded  to  these  head-quarters  to  January  11th,  1881,  in 
pursuance  of  section  574  of  the  General  Regulations  of  the  State  of  New 
York  as  amended  by  G.  0.  Head-quarters  State  of  New  York. 

All  this  at  the  City,  County  and  State  of  New  York. 

Charge  Secund. —  Conduct  to  the  prejudice  of  good  order  and  military  disci- 
pline. 

Spicification. — In  this,  that  he,  the  said  Captain  Martin  McDonnell,  Com- 
pany "  H,"  Sixty-ninth  Regiment  Infantry,  Tliird  Brigade,  First  Division, 
N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  he  being  in  command  of  Company  "  II"  aforesaid,  at  the 
time  hereinafter  mentioned,  at  the  armory  of  the  Sixty-ninth  Regiment  In- 
fantry aforesaid.  City  of  New  York,  did  on  or  about  the  6th  day  of  January, 
1881,  in  response  to  the  following  question  of  First  Lieutenant  James  Mo- 
ran,  Adjutant  Sixty-ninth  Regiment  Infantry  aforesaid,  "Did  you  serve  or 
"cause  to  be  served  G.  0.  No.  25,  series  of  1880?"  which  orders  aforesaid 
he.  Captain  Martin  McDonnell  aforesaid,  received  on  or  about  the  30th  day 
of  December,  1880,  reply  in  the  presence  and  hearing  of  enlisted  men  of  the 
Sixty-ninth  Regiment  aforesaid,  "  No,  Sir,  I  had  no  time."  A  copy  of  which 
order  is  hereunto  annexed  and  is  made  a  part  of  this  specification. 

All  this  at  the  armory  of  the  Sixty-ninth  Regiment  Infantry  aforesaid,  at 
the  City,  County  and  State  of  New  York. 

To  which  charge  and  specifications  the  accused  pleaded  as  follows  : 

To  the  First  Specification  to  the  First  Charge. — "Guilty." 
To  the  Second  Specification  to  the  First  Charge. — "  Guilty." 
To  the  Third  Specification  to  the  First  Charge. — "  Guilty.  ' 
To  the  Fourth  Specification  to  the  First  Charge. — "  Guilty." 
To  the  First  Charge. — "  Not  Guilty." 
To  the  Specification  to  (he  Second  Charge. — "Guilty." 
To  the  Second  Charge. — "Not  Guilty." 

Findings. 

The  Court,  having  maturely  considered  the  case,  confirms  the  plea  of  the 
accused  to  the  several  specifications  and  finds  him  the  said  Captain  Jlartin 
McDonnell,  of  Company  "H,"  Sixty-ninth  Regiment  Infantry,  Third  Bri- 
gade, First  Division,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y. : 

Of  the  First  Specification  to  the  First  Charge. — "Guilty." 
Of  the  Second  Specification  to  the  First  Charge. — "Guilty." 
Of  the  Third  Specificatioti  to  the  First  Charge. — "  Guilty." 
Of  the  Fourth  Specification  to  the  First  Charge. — "Guilty." 
Of  the  First  Charge. — "Guilty." 
Of  the  Specification  to  the  Second  Charge. — "Guilty." 
The  Court  dismisses  the  second  charge  for  the  reason  that  the  specifica- 
tion does  not  sustain  the  charge. 


Sentenck. 

And  the  Court  does  thei'efore  sentence  him,  Captain  Martin  McDonnell, 
of  Company  "  H,"  Sixty. ninth  Regiment  Infantry,  Third  Brigade,  First  Di. 
vision,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  to  be  privately  reprimanded  and  to  pay  a  tine  of  five 
dollars. 

The  proceedings,  findings  and  sentence  are  approved. 

The  portion  of  the  sentence  requiring  the  accused  "  to  be  privately  repri- 
"manded"  will  be  carried  out  by  letter  from  these  Head-quarters;  the 
remainder  of  the  sentence  requiring  him  '•  to  pay  a  fine  of  five  dollars,"  is 
remitted  in  view  of  the  statement  made  by  him  to  the  Court. 

Captain  McDonnell  will  resume  his  sword  and  return  to  duty  on  the  re- 
ceipt of  this  order. 

II. — The  General  Court  Martial  of  which  Brigadier-General  William  G. 
Ward,  1st  Brigade,  is  President,  is  hereby  dissolved. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  Gen' I  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 
155  AND  157  Mkrcer  Street, 

New  York,  May  17th,  1881. 

General  Orders,  'I 

No.  6.  / 

I. — The  Division  will  parade  on  the  30th  instant  to  participate  iu  the  cer- 
emonies of  Decoration  Day. 

II. — The  troops  will  be  formed  in  close  columns,  the  heads  resting  on 
Fifth  avenue,  as  follows  : 

The  Third  Brigade  on  West  52d  street. 
Battery  "  B  "   on  East  51st  street. 
Battery  "  K"   on  AVest  51st  street. 
Battery  "  E"   on  West  51st  street. 
The  First  Brigade  on  West  50th  street. 
III. — The  column  will  move  in  the  oi-der  above  given,  at  9:30  o'clock,  a. 
M.,  down  Fifth  avenue  to  Washington  Square,  where  the  honors  of  a  march- 
ing salute  will  be  rendered  to  the  Hon.  Robert  T.  Lincoln,  Secretary  of  War, 
at  the  Review  Stand  ;  and  continuing  the  march  through  Washington  Square 
the  parade  will  be  dismissed,  and  tlie  several  organizations  will  direct  their 
march  in  sucli  a  manner  as  not  to  impede  the  march  of  the  rear  of  the 
column,  or  to  unnecessarily  obstruct  lines  of  street  car  travel. 

IV. — The  Division  StaiF  will  assemble  mounted  and  in  full  uniform,  at 
the  "Rendezvous,"    (Nos.   7,  9  and   11   West  loth  street),  at  8:30  o'clock, 

A.  M. 

By  order  of  .Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  Gen  I  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


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HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 

155  AND  157  Mercer  Street, 

New  York,  June  14th,  1881. 
General  Orders,  | 

No.  7.  / 

I.     The  rifle  practice  of  this  Division  at  Creedmoor  for  the  season  of  1881 
will  be  conducted  as  follows  : 

No  two  or  more  regiments  or  detachments  from  different  regi- 
ments will  occupy  the  range  on  the  same  day,  unless  in  second  gen- 
eral Practice,  permission  being  previously  obtained  from  these  Head- 
Quarters  authorizing  a  change  in  this  regulation. 

Commandants  will  rigidly  require  first  general  practice  of  their 
entire  commands,  excepting  musicians  who  are  not  allowed  to  prac- 
tice, subject  to  the  penalty  provided  in  the  Military  Code  for  delin- 
quency ;  but  may  excuse  such  members  as  afterwards  voluntarily, 
and  without  expense  to  the  State,  perform  the  prescribed  duty  in- 
cluding firing  in  ranks. 

II. — Transportation  for  the  day  of  first  general  practice  will  be  provided 
for  each  officer,  non-commissioned  officer  and  private  present  for  practice  on 
such  day. 

Ammunition  will  be  limited  to  thirty  rounds  for  each  officer,  non- 
comissioned  officer  and  private  enrolled  as  per  the  quarterly  returns 
for  quarter  ending  March  31st,  1881. 

Requisitions  for  transportation  and  ammunition  must  be  made  on 
and  forwarded  directly  to  Brigadier-General  Daniel  D.  Wylie,  Chief 
of  Ordnance,  New  York  City. 

CLASSIFICATION. 

III. — The  following  changes  in  the  routine  of  practice  by  classes  are  an- 
nounced : 

The  old  fourth  class  is  dropped.  The  new  third  class  consists  of 
all  who  do  not  appear  on  a  range  for  practice.  The  new  second  class 
includes  those  present  for  practice.  Troops  armed  with  rifles  will 
shoot  in  the  second  class  at  100  yards  standing  (on  a  third  class  or 
No.  3  target),  and  300  yards  kneeling  (on  a  second  class  or  No.  2  tar- 
get). Those  who  score  twenty-five  and  upward  in  the  second  class, 
enter  the  first  class  and  shoot  at  200  yards  standing  (No.  3  target), 
and  500  yards  lying  down  (No.  2  target).  A  score  of  twenty-five 
and  upwards  in  the  first  class  constitutes  a  marksman  and  entitles 
him  to  receive  the  State  decoration. 

Troops  armed  with  carbines  shoot  in  the  second  class  at  100  yards 
standing  (No.  3  target),  and  250  yards  kneeling  (No.  2  target),  and 
in  the  first  class  at  200  yards  standing  (No.  3  target),  and  300  yards 
kneeling  (No.  2  target). 

FIRST    GENERAL    PRACTICE. 

[«]  The  practice  on  this  occasion  will  commence  with  class  firing 
in  squads,  under  a  competent  non-commissioned  officer  or  other  duly 
designated  instructor  at  each  firing  point,  and  the  whole  under  the 
supe°rvision  of  an  Inspector  of  Rifle  Practice,  subject  to  the  orders 
of  the  commanding  officer. 


Five  shots  only  will  be  fii-ed  at  each  distance  as  follows  : 

With  Rifles.  With  Carbines. 

100  yards  standing.  100  yards  standing. 

800  yards  kneeling.  250  yards  kneeling. 

200  yards  standing.  200  yards  standing. 

500  yards  lying  down.  300  yards  kneeling. 

This  practice  will  be  continued  to  the  end  by  all  present  without 
reference  to  the  scores  recorded,  except  that  those  who  fail  to  qualify 
in  the  second  class  may  be  restricted  to  two  shots  for  practice  at  each 
of  the  higher  ranges.  The  required  practice  at  500  yards  may  be 
postponed  until  after  tbe  course  of  firing  in  ranks. 

[  6  ]  Firing  in  ranks  at  200  yards  will  then  be  taken  up  in  the  fol- 
lowing order : 

Volley  Firing,  5  Rounds. 

Fire  by  squad  (or  company),  2  rounds. 

Fire  by  ranks,  1  round. 

Fire  by  squad  (or  company)  front  rank  kneeling,  1  round. 

Fire  by  squad  (or  company)  rear  rank  (as  front)  kneeling,  1  round. 

File  Firing,  5  Rounds. 

First  fire,  2  rounds  (a  pause  for  criticism  and  instruction). 
Second  fire,  3  rounds  (as  rapidly  as  consistent  with  accuracy). 

[e]  After  the  above  required  duty  has  been  performed  without 
hurry,  the  time  remaining  may  be  utilized  for  class  practice. 

Any  who  have  qualified  at  200  and  500  yards  but  not  at  100  and 
300  yards,  may  make  tbeir  scores  valid  by  returning  to  the  second, 
without  shooting  in  the  first  again. 

SECOND    GENERAL    PRACTICE. 

When  an  entire  command  has  had  opportunity  for  first  general 
practice  the  commandant  may,  in  his  discretion,  with  the  approval 
of  the  division  commander,  fix  a  subsequent  day  or  days  for  volunta- 
ry general  practice,  without  additional  expense  to  the  State.  Those 
present  will  practice  in  the  classes  to  which  they  respectively  belong. 
In  other  respects  the  tour  of  duty  will  be  identical  with  that  pre- 
scribed for  first  general  practice  day.  including  firing  in  ranks. 

GENERAL    REGULATIONS. 

IV.  Marksmen  of  former  years  will  not  be  permitted  to  shoot  for  the 
Decoration  as  heretofore,  without  practice  in  the  lower  class  and  firing  in 
ranks.     The  full  duty  will  be  required  of  all. 

Practice  in  Matches. — Scores  made  (in  any  class)  at  a  regular  Rifle 
Association  match,  observing  the  full  military  conditions  and  ap- 
proved by  the  General  Inspector  of  Rifle  Practice,  will  be  recognized 
as  official.  Such  practice  however  must  be  without  expense  to  the 
State. 

Wooden  targets  will  be  used  for  volley  and  file  firing.  Iron  targets 
must  not  be  used  for  this  practice. 

Surgeons. — Commandants  will  in  all  cases  detail  a  surgeon  to  ac- 
company any  party  ordered  out  for  rifle  practice,  and  the  duty  should 
not  proceed  without  the  presence  of  a  competent  medical  officer. 

Inspection  of  Practice. — Brigade  Inspectors  of  Rifle  Practice  will 
inspect  the  practice  for  the  marksman's  decoration  (except  in  author- 
ized matches),  and  Brigade  or  Regimental  Inspectors  the  class  shoot- 


ing  in  thoir  respective  organizations,  and  oertify  tlie  returns.  Or- 
ganizations having  no  inspector  of  rifle  practice  immediately  attached, 
will  be  inspected  by  the  brigade  or  division  inspector. 

An  inspector  who  is  not  able  to  be  personally  present  on  any  occa- 
sion of  duty  will  so  report  to  his  commanding  officer,  who  will  then 
detail  a  competent  officer  to  act  in  his  stead. 

The  powers  and  authority  of  rifle  inspectors  in  the  field  will  be 
duly  respected  by  all  concerned,  and  enforced  by  the  commanding 
officer  on  duty. 

In  regular  practice  each  enlisted  man  will  shoot  with  the  piece  is- 
sued by  the  Ordnance  Department  of  the  State  and  brought  by  him 
on  the  ground,  unless  the  same  is  condemned  for  actual  defects  by 
an  inspector  of  rifle  practice.  In  that  case  the  man  may  shoot  with 
the  nearest  approved  piece  in  the  ranks,  and  the  one  condemned  will 
be  returned  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  for  repairs  or  exchange. 

Class  Firing  and  Scoring. — All  members  of  the  National  Guard  must 
shoot  through  the  regular  classes,  and  are  prohibited  from  shooting 
for  a  second  or  higher  score  in  a  class  in  which  they  have  already 
qualified.    The  record  must  stand  upon  the  first  qualifying  score  made. 

No  score  by  officer  or  enlisted  man  will  be  recognized  unless  made 
at  a  target  to  which  he  has  been  regularly  assigned,  and  where  his 
name  has  been  previously  entered  on  a  score  blank. 

In  regular  practice  no  officer  or  enlisted  man  will  be  permitted  to 
fire  more  than  ten  individual  shots  at  any  one  distance  on  the  same 
day,  except  the  necessary  sighting  shots  to  ascertain  elevation,  wind- 
age and  the  condition  of  pieces  which  may  be  fired  by  officers  or  well 
instructed  men  under  the  inspection  or  approval  of  an  inspector  of 
rifle  practice. 

Officers. — A  sufficient  number  of  commissioned  officers  must  accom- 
pany all  parties  for  rifle  practice  to  command  and  instruct  the  men. 
At  least  one  company  officer  will  be  present  with  any  part  of  his 
company  on  duty,  and  a  field  officer  will  take  command  of  all  de- 
tachments of  two  or  more  companies.  An  officer  is  not  exempt  from 
duty  as  such  because  he  has  completed  his  own  rifle  practice. 

For  the  sake  of  discipline,  commissioned  officers  will  make  their 
own  scores  on  targets  especially  assigned  them,  and  not  with  their 
men. 

The  responsibility  of  officers  on  the  range  is  very  great.  They  will 
not  allow  their  own  shooting  to  interfere  with  their  first  duty  in  in- 
structing the  men.  Good  officers  will  be  theoretically  proficient  in 
the  use  of  the  rifle  and  able  to  apply  armory  instruction  in  the  field. 
The  men  will  be  instructed  as  much  as  possible  while  waiting  their 
turn  to  shoot,  and  will  have  their  sights  blackened  and  the  correct 
elevation  and  windage  given  them  befoi-e  going  to  the  firing  points. 
Inspectors  of  rifle  practice  will  report  to  their  commandants  officers 
who  neglect  or  are  incompetent  to  properly  instruct  their  men. 

Records. — The  blanks  and  books  for  the  records  of  rifle  practice 
(excepting  score  cards,  will  be  issued  through  Division  Ilead-quar- 
ters)  and  must  be  kept  written  up,  in  ink,  including  the  original  score 
blanks.  Alterations  in  score  blanks  can  only  be  made  under  certifi- 
cate of  an  inspector  of  rifle  practice.  The  "  company  classification 
roll"  will  be  conspicuously  displayed  in  the  company  rooms. 

Close  of  Practice. — The  practice  for  the  season  will  close  on  Octo, 
ber  fifteenth,  and  no  scores  made  after  that  date  will  be  recognized. 
The  full  reports  of  rifle  practice  from  minor  organizations  will  be 
made  to  the  brigade  commander  on  or  before  November  fifteenth  ;  of 
brigades  to  the  division  commander  on  or  before  November  twentieth. 


V.  The  various  organizations  of  this  Division  will  practice  at  Creedmoor 
on  the  dates  below  assigned : 

Battery  "E," 
on  June  23d. 

Third  Brigade, 
on  June  24th,  July  7th,  18th  and  28th. 

First  Brigade, 
on  July  1st,  8th,  15th,  21st  and  August  1st. 

VI.  The  following  dates  are  available  for  second  general  practice  by  such 
organizations  as  may  desire  to  make  such  practice,  but  permission  to  use 
any  day  or  days  must  first  be  obtained  from  these  Head-quarters  : 

August  4th,  5th  8th  (11th,  Battery  "  E,")  19th,  22d,  25th,  26th  and  29th. 

VII. — Commanding  officers  will  make  the  necessary  details  for  guard  duty 
and  give  such  instructions  as  will  insure  good  order  and  discipline  in  going 
to,  returning  from  and  while  on  the  range,  which  instructions  will  embrace 
that  part  of  the  range  assigned  to  the  use  of  the  troops,  but  must  not  inter- 
fere with  the  pi-ivileges  of  the  members  of  the  National  Rifle  Association 
who  have  at  all  times  the  right  to  enter  within  the  range  and  use  any  por- 
tion of  it  not  occupied  by  the  troops. 

VIII.  Troops  will  leave  Long  Island  City  by  train  at  8  a.  m.  (34th  street 
ferry  New  York,  15  minutes  earlier),  and  return  at  such  hour  as  may  be 
designated  by  the  commanding  oflicer,  who  will  communicate  to  the  Gen- 
eral Passenger  Agent  of  the  Long  Island  Railroad  the  hour  at  which  he  de- 
sires his  command  to  leave  the  range. 

IX.  In  case  at  the  hour  of  assembly  the  weather  should  be  stormy,  or 
of  a  nature  so  threatening  that  in  the  judgment  of  the  commanding  officer 
the  practice  ordered  for  the  day  cannot  be  cai-ried  out,  he  may  countermand 
the  order  for  practice  on  such  day,  but  must  immediately  notify  the  General 
Passenger  Agent  of  the  Long  Island  Railroad  and  the  Superintendent  of  the 
Range  at  Creedmoor  of  such  action,  and  will  also  report  the  same  to 
Brigade  and  Division  Head-quartei's  in  order  that  another  day  may  be  as- 
signed to  his  command  to  complete  its  practice. 

X.  Brigade  commanders  will  issue  without  delay,  the  necessary  orders 
for  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  this  order,  a  copy  of  which,  as  well  as  of 
the  regimental  orders  issued  in  pursuance  hereof,  will  be  forwarded  imme- 
diately after  issue,  to  Lieutenant-Colonel  E.  H.  Sanford,  Division  Inspector 
of  Rifle  Practice,  157  Maiden  Lane,  New  York. 


By  order  of  Major-General  Alkxan'der  Shaler. 

/    /  HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE. 

•  V---:/    / '  ''  Colonel,  A.  A.  Gen' I  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 

155  AND  157  Mercer  Street, 

New  York,  June  16th,  1881. 
General  Orders,  "1 

No.  8.  / 

By  Special  Orders  No.  8,  c.  s.  from  these  Head-quarters  a  Court  of 
Inquiry,  consisting  of  Colonel  Emmons  Clark,  7th  Regiment  N.  G.  S.  N. 
Y.,  was  convened  "  to  investigate  into  the  charges  and  specifications  pre- 
"  ferred  by  Major  Wm.  B.  Wetmore,  9th  Regiment  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  against 
"Captain  Frank  S.  Belton,  Company  '  H,'  71st  Regiment,"  and  to  "report 
"the  evidence  adduced,  a  statement  of  facts  and  an  opinion  thereon." 
These  charges  were,  first;  "Conduct  unbecoming  an  officer  and  a  gentle- 
"  man,"  and  second  :  "  Conduct  prejudicial  to  good  order  and  military  dis- 
"  cipline."  In  the  specifications  to  the  first  charge,  it  was  alleged  that 
Captain  Belton,  in  two  communications  addressed  to  the  Adjutant-General 
of  the  State,  did  accuse  Colonel  Unbekannt,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Krager  and 
Major  Fahrig  of  tlie  11th  Regiment,  and  Lieutenant-Colonel  Montgomery 
and  Major  Wetmore  of  the  9th  Regiment,  of  bringing  about  the  election  of 
Colonel  Ryder  of  the  9th  Regiment,  to  the  position  of  Brigadier-General  in 
tlie  Second  Brigade  by  means  of  a  corrupt  bargain  and  conspiracy ;  and  in 
the  specifications  to  the  second  charge  it  was  alleged  that  Captain  Belton 
permitted  the  publication  in  the  daily  papers  of  this  city,  of  the  letters 
containing  the  allegations  above  referred  to  against  the  officers  named. 

After  examining  all  the  witnesses  summoned  on  behalf  of  both  Major 
Wetmore  and  Captain  Belton,  the  Court  received  from  the  latter  a  commu- 
nication in  which  he  entirely  disclaimed  all  responsibility  for  and  know- 
ledge of  the  publication  of  his  first  letter  in  the  newspapers,  averred  that 
his  action  in  the  matter  was  devoid  of  malice  or  unfriendly  feelings  towards 
either  of  the  officers  named,  and  that  it  was  his  purpose  merely  to  request 
an  investigation  of  the  matter  without  unnecessary  publicity. 

The  Court  submitted  the  following  statement  of  facts : 

It  appears  from  tlie  foregoing  evidence  as  presented  to  the  Court,  that  an 
election  occurred  in  the  Second  Brigade  First  Division  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  on 
the  12th  July,  1880,  which  resulted  in  the  election  of  Colonel  S.  Oscar 
Ryder  to  the  office  of  Brigadier-General,  and  that  the  election  was  preceded 
and  attended  by  unusual  excitement.  Captain  Frank  S.  Belton,  Co.  "  H," 
71st  Regiment,  Second  Brigade,  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  immediately  upon  the  an- 
nouncement of  the  result  of  this  election  and  under  date  of  July  13th,  1881, 
addressed  a  communication  to  the  Adjutant-General  S.  N.  Y.,  which  was 
forwarded  through  the  regular  channel,  in  which  "upon  information  and 
"and  belief,  lie  complains  and  charges  that  said  choice"  (the  election  of 
Colonel  Ryder)  "  was  procured  and  brought  about  by  means  of  a  corrupt 
"bargain  and  conspiracy  between"  the  officers  of  the  Ninth  and  Eleventh 
Regiments  voting  at  such  election,  and  that  by  this  action  they  were  "  each 
"  of  them  guilty  of  improper  conduct  degrading  to  the  character  of  an 
"officer."  He  further  stated  "that  these  charges  are  a  matter  of  com- 
"  mon  reproach  throughout  the  First  Division,  and  are  calculated  to  bring 
"  discredit  and  dishonor  upon  the  entire  National  Guard,  unless  notice  is 
"  taken  of  them,"  and  requested  "  that  a  Court  of  Inquiry  may  be  convened 
1 


"for  the  purpose  of  investigating  said  election  and  the  allegations  and 
"charges  relating  thereto."  This  communication  was  returned  from  Gen- 
eral Head-Quarters  with  the  opinion  that  a  Court  of  Inquiry  should  not  be 
ordered  because  the  charges  were  "  vague  and  indefinite,"  and  suggesting 
an  opportunity  to  make  the  charges  "  definite  and  specific."  Ui^on  the  re- 
ceipt of  this  communication,  thus  endorsed  from  General  Head-Quarters, 
Captain  Belton  addressed  a  second  communication  to  the  Adjutant-General 
under  date  of  Sept.  11th,  1^80,  which  was  forwarded  through  the  regular 
channel,  in  which  he  stated:  "In  common  with  many  others  I  was  under 
"the  impression  that  one  of  the  purposes  for  which  a  Court  of  Inquiry 
"  might  be  convened  was  the  investigation  cf  a  complaint  of  improper  con- 
"  duct  on  the  part  of  an  officer  (see  section  184,  amended  Military  Code) 
"  to  ascertain  whether  grounds  exist  for  the  the  preferment  of  definite  and 
"specific  charges.  Under  this  understanding  my  action  was  based."  Cap- 
tain Belton  further  stated  in  this  communication  that  there  were  not  suffi- 
cient facts  within  his  own  knowledge  upon  which  to  base  charges  with  spe- 
cifications ;  that  circumstances  led  him  to  believe  the  "common  report,  both 
"  previous  and  subsequent  to  the  holding  the  election  in  question,  that  a 
"corrupt  bargain  had  been  entered  into  in  reference  thereto,"  and  that  he 
deemed  it  his  duty,  in  the  interest  of  the  service,  to  bring  the  matter  to  the 
notice  of  his  superiors.  In  this  communication  Captain  Belton  disclaimed 
the  slightest  malice  towards  any  of  the  officers  referred  to,  and  stated  that 
"  it  would  afford  him  great  pleasure  to  have  had  the  scandal  set  at  rest  by 
"an  official  decision."  This  communication  was  returned  from  General 
Head-Quarters  without  endorsements,  except  the  usual  ones  in  forwarding 
and  transmitting  official  papers.  Tlie  communication  of  Captain  Belton  da- 
ted July  loth,  above  referred  to,  or  its  purport,  was  published  in  some  of 
the  newspapers  of  this  city,  and  the  publicity  thus  given  to  the  subject  has 
resulted  in  the  charges  herewith  and  in  this  Court  of  Inquiry. 

The  writing  or  authorship  of  the  two  communications  is  admitted  by  Cap- 
tain Belton,  and  it  appears  from  his  testimony  and  statement,  and  from  the 
letter  of  Sept.  11th,  and  from  all  the  circumstances  in  the  case,  that  he  was 
not  actuated  by  malice  towards  the  officers  of  the  Ninth  and  Eleventh  Regi- 
ments. It  also  appears  from  the  evidence  that  these  letters  were  published 
without  his  knowledge  or  consent.  The  evidence  also  establishes  the  fact 
that  the  officers  of  the  Ninth  and  Eleventh  Regiments  did  not  enter  into  a 
corrupt  bargain  or  conspiracy  in  connection  with  the  election  in  the  Second 
Brigade  on  the  12th  July,  1880,  and  that  they  were  not  guilty  of  any  im- 
proper conduct  in  this  matter,  degrading  to  their  character  as  officers. 

The  opinion  of  the  Court  is  as  follows : 

The  opinion  of  the  Court  is  that  Captain  Belton,  having  acted  without 
malice  and  as  he  supposed  for  the  good  of  the  service,  in  making  these  com- 
munications to  the  Adjutant-General,  and  not  having  instigated  or  consented 
to  the  publication  of  any  charges  prejudicial  to  the  character  or  conduct  of 
the  officers  of  the  Ninth  and  Eleventh  Regiments,  should  not  be  subjected 
to  a  Court  Martial  for  the  trial  of  the  charges  and  specifications  referred  to 
this  Court  for  investigation.  The  communications  of  Captain  Belton  to  the 
Adjutant-General  were  pririlcged,  and  he  is  not  liable  to  punishment  for 
their  contents,  as  he  expressly  stated  that  his  belief  was  based  on  common 
report  and  not  upon  personal  knowledge  of  facts  to  justify  charges  against 
the  officers  referred  to.  But  the  writing  of  privileged  communications 
based  upon  common  report  and  which  if  accidentally  made  public  may  re- 


Hect  upon  the  character  or  conduct  of  other  officers  cannot  be  approved  ; 
and  such  communications  must  be  considered  indiscreet  and  improper.  The 
officers  of  the  Ninth  and  Eleventh  Regiments  are  wholly  relieved  by  the 
evidence  from  any  imputation  upon  their  character  or  conduct,  and  the 
Court  is  of  the  opinion  that  the  interests  of  the  service  will  not  be  promo- 
moted  by  the  trial  of  Captain  Belton  upon  the  charges  hereto  annexed. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

EMMONS   CLARK, 

Col.  7th  RegH  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y., 

and  President  of  the  Court. 

The  proceedings  and  opinion  of  the  Court  are  approved  and  confirmed, 
and  the  Court  of  Inquiry  is  dissolved. 


By  order  of  Major-Geueral  Alexander  Shaler. 


HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  Gen' I  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


2^ 
/ 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 

155  AND  157  Merger  Street, 

New  York,   September  3d,   1881. 

General  Orders,  "i 
No.  9.  / 

I. — Pursuant  to  Special  Orders  No.  135,  c.  s..  General  Head- quarters,  the 
various  subdivisions  of  this  Command  will  parade  in  full  uniform  for  mus- 
ter and  inspection  pursuant  to  Section  130.  M.  C.  at  8  o'clock,  p.  m.,  on 
the  following  dates : 

The  Division  Staff  (dismounted)  at  the  armory  of  the  l2th  Regiment 
on  Friday,  the  14th  proximo. 

The  Commanding  Officer  and  Staff  1st  Brigade  (dismounted)  at  the  ar- 
mory of  the  22d  Regiment  on  Tuesday,  the  11th  proximo. 

The  Commanding  Officer  and  Staff  3d  Brigade  (dismounted)  at  the  ar- 
mory of  the  7th  Regiment  on  Thui'sday,  the  6th  proximo. 

5th  Regiment,  on  Tuesday,  the  4th  proximo. 

9th  Regiment,  on  Wednesday,  the  5th  proximo. 

7th  Regiment,  on  Thursday,  the  6th  proximo. 

71st  Regiment,  on  Friday,  the  7th  proximo. 

22d  Regiment,  on  Tuesday,  the  11th  proximo. 

69th  Regiment,  on  Wednesday,  the  12th  proximo. 

8tth  Regiment,  on  Thursday,  the  13th  proximo. 

12th  Regiment,  on  Friday,  the  14th  proximo. 

11th  Regiment,  on  Tuesday,  the  18th  proximo. 

Battery  "  E,"   (dismounted)  on  Wednesday,  the  19th  proximo. 

Battery   "  B,"  (dismounted)  on  Thursday,  the  20th  proximo. 

Battery  "  K,"   (dismounted)  on  Friday,  the  21st  proximo. 

The  muster  and  insj^ection  of  Regiments  and  batteries  will  be  held  in 
their  respective  armories,  except  in  such  cases  where  regimental  comman- 
ders may  prefer  some  other  suitable  place  to  be  agreed  upon  after  consulta- 
tion with  the  Inspector-General. 

II. — The  necessary  blanks  will  be  transmitted  at  once,  and  tlie  several 
brigade,  regimental  and  battery  commanders  will  cause  one  copy  of  the 
muster-roll  of  their  respective  organizations  to  be  properly  prepared  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  requirements  of  Circular  No.  1,  Office  of  Inspector-Gen- 
eral S.  N.  Y.,  series  of  1878,  endorsed  with  their  name  and  full  post  office 
address,  and  forward  the  same  to  the  Inspector-General  S.  N.  Y.,  at  Albany, 
at  least  twenty  days  prior  to  the  date  of  muster. 

III. — The  attention  of  commanding  officers  is  directed  to  the  following 
provisions  of  the  Military  Code : 


"207.   Every  commissioned  officer,  and  every  non-commissioned  officer, 
■musician  and  private,  shall,  on  due  conviction,  be  subject,  for  the  follow- 
ing offenses,  to  the  fines  and  penalties  thereto  annexed  : 
'•1.  Every  commissioned  officer,  for  non-attendance  at  any  drill,  parade 

■  or  encampment,  *         *         *         *  ,-,j.  making  a  false  entry  upon 

■  a  muster-roll,  or  knowingly  muster  as  a  soldier  a  substitute  or  a  person 
who  is  not  a  regularly  enlisted  soldier  in  and  a  member  of  his  command, 

^         *         *         *         a  tine  of  not  more  than  one  hundred,  nor  less 
than  five  dollai's." 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

CARL  JUSSEN, 

Colonel  and  A.  A.  A.  Gen' I. 


Official 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 
155  AND  157  Mercer  Street, 

New  York,   September  10th,  1881. 

General  Orders,  ") 

No.  10.  / 

The  following  promotion  and  appointment  on  the  personal  Staff  of  the 
Major-General  Commanding  are  hereby  announced  to  take  effect  from  this 
date : 

Captain  Hilbert  B.  Masters,  Aid-de-Camp,  to  be  Aid-de-Camp  with 
the  rank  of  Major,  rice  Iselin  resigned. 

John  R.  Andrews  ( formerly  First  Lieutenant  7th  Regiment  N.  G.  S. 
Y. ),  to  be  Aid-de-Camp  with  the  rank  of  Captain,  vice  Masters 
promoted. 

They  will  be  obeyed  and  respected  accordingly. 


By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 


HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  Gen' I  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


/ 


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HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 
155  AND  157  Mercer  Street, 

New  York,   September  24th,  1881. 
General  Orders,  "t 
No.  11.  / 

The  following  General  Orders  from  General  Head-quarters  announcing  the 
death  of  the  President  of  the  United  States,  is  hereby  promulgated  : 


GENERAL  HEAD-QUARTERS,   STATE   OF   NEW   YORK, 
Adjutant-General's  Office, 

Albany,  September  21st,  1881. 
General  Orders      \ 
No.  23.  / 

I.  It  has  become  the  painful  duty  of  the  Commander-in-Chief  to  an- 
nounce to  the  National  Guard  of  this  State  the  death,  at  Long  Branch, 
New  Jersey,  on  the  evening  of  the  19th  instant,  of  James  A.  Garfield, 
President  of  the  United  States.  In  profound  grief,  in  common  with  the 
people  of  the  whole  country,  he  bows  in  humble  submission  to  the  Su- 
preme will  of  Almighty  God,  who  in  the  impenetrable  mysteries  of  His 
own  purposes  has  sutt'ered  so  baneful  an  affliction  to  fall  upon  the  Na- 
tion. Indeed,  well  may  the  whole  people  mourn  the  death  of  such  a 
man,  so  loving  and  tractable  in  childhood  ;  so  earnest,  self-poised  and 
dutiful  in  youth;  in  manhood,  the  polished  scholar,  the  brilliant  ora- 
tor, the  profound  statesman,  and  the  Christian  soldier  whose  patriotism 
gallantly  culminated  on  the  battle-fields  of  his  country.  This  is  tlie 
man,  tliis  the  ruler,  who,  by  the  foul  act  of  the  assassin,  has  been 
stricken  in  death,  from  the  exalted  position  to  which  the  acclaim  of  the 
people  had  elevated  him. 

II.  As  a  tribute  of  respect  to  the  memory  of  the  deceased  President! 
and  indicative  of  the  grief  which  shakes  the  Nation,  the  Commander- 
in-Chief  directs  that  for  the  ensuing  six  months  the  officers  of  the  Na- 
tional Guard  of  this  State  will  wear  crape  upon  the  left  arm  and  upon 
the  sword  hilt,  as  prescribed  in  paragraph  305  of  the  General  Regula- 
tions, and  that  for  the  same  period,  all  regimental  colors  on  occasions 
of  ceremony,  be  furled  and  draped  with  crape,  and  until  and  including 
the  day  of  the  funeral  obsequies,  the  National  color  be  hoisted  half- 
staff  on  all  of  the  armories  and  arsenals  of  the  State,  and  the  com- 
manding officers  of  batteries  will,  at  dawn  on  the  day  succeeding  the 
receipt  of  this  order,  cause  thirteen  guns  to  be  fired,  and  afterwards  at 
intervals  of  thirty  minutes,  between  the  rising  and  setting  of  the  sun, 
a  single  gun,  and  at  the  close  of  the  day  a  national  salute  of  thirty- 
eight  guns. 

By  order  of  the  Commander-in-Chief. 

FREDERICK  TOWNSEND, 

Major-General  and  Adjutant-General,  S.  N.  Y. 
Official. 

(Signed.)     J.  B.  Stonehouse, 

Col.  and  AcCg  A.  A.  A.-G.,  S.  N.  Y. 


By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 


HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  Gen' I  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 
155  AND  157  Mercer  Street, 

New   York,    September  27th,   1881. 

General  Orders,  | 
No.  12.  I 

I. — This  Division  will  parade  on  the  6th  proximo,  in  honor  of  the  distin- 
guished representatives  of  France  and  of  the  families  of  the  Marquis  de 
Lafayette  and  Baron  von  Steuben,  whose  arrival  in  this  city  to  take  part  in 
the  Centennial  Celebration  at  Yorktown,  Va.,  is  expected  on  the  5tli  prox- 
imo. 

II. — Line  will  be  formed  on  Fifth  avenue,  facing  eastward  in  the  follow- 
ing order  from  right  to  left,  the  right  of  the  First  Brigade  resting  on  50th 
street  : 

Third  Brigade. 
Battery  "  B." 
Battery  "  K." 
Battery  "E." 
First  Brigade. 

The  formation  must  be  complete  at  3  o'clock,  p.  m. 

III. — The  following  necessary  modifications  of  the  prescribed  forms  for 
review  will  be  observed  : 

For  Infantry. 

The  rear  rank  will  be  aligned  upon  the  curb  and  the  distances 
will  be  diminished  as  follows:  two  yards  from  the  rear  to 
the  front  rank  and  from  the  front  rank  to  the  line  of  com- 
pany ofBcers,  and  one  and  three  yards  ifespectively  from  the 
line  of  company  officers  to  the  croup  of  the  field  and  com- 
manding officers'  horses. 

For  Artillery. 

In  columns  of  sections  (pieces  in  battery),  along  the  curb;  the 
chiefs  of  platoon  and  battery  commanders,  respectively,  one 
and  three  yards,  from  muzzle  of  pieces  to  croup  of  horses, 
in  advance. 

The  brigade  commanders  with  their  staffs  and  orderlies  will  take 
post  on  the  right  of  their  respective  brigades  slightly  in  advance  of 
the  line  of  regimental  commanders.  They  will  cause  their  commands 
to  salute  upon  the  arrival  of  the  reviewing  party  at  a  point  twenty 
yards  from  the  right  of  their  brigades,  and  to  carry  arms  when  the 
salute  is  acknowledged. 

The  same  rule  will  govern  the  commanding  officers  of  the  artil- 
lery organizations  on  the  approach  of  the  reviewing  party. 


When  the  reviewing  party  has  passed  the  left  of  an  organization 
it  will  be  advanced  to  the  opposite  side  of  the  avenue,  and  formed  as 
before  prescribed,  except  that  the  front  rank  of  the  infixntry  will  be 
upon  the  curb,  and  the  mounted  officers  of  all  arms  will  take  post  on 
the  right  of  their  respective  organizations. 

When  the  reviewing  party  has  passed  along  the  rear  beyond  the 
right  of  an  organization,  it  will  be  formed  in  column  to  pass  in  review. 

IV. — The  line  of  march  will  be  down  Fifth  avenue  to  the  Worth  Monu- 
ment, where  the  point  of  review  will  be  established. 

V. — Care  will  be  taken  to  preserve  the  prescribed  intervals  between  the 
several  organizations  both  in  the  formation  and  the  passage  in  review.  The 
interval  between  the  batteries  and  adjoining  organizations  will  be  sixty 
yards. 

VI. — After  passing  in  review  the  several  organizations  will  march  to  their 
respective  armories  by  the  shortest  practicable  route,  turning  in  the  proper 
direction  as  soon  as  possible,  in  order  that  lines  of  travel  may  not  be  unnec- 
essarily obstructed. 


By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  Gen  I  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIOxNAL  GUARD  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 
155  AND  157  Mercek  Strekt, 

New  York,   September  28th,  1881. 

General  Orders,  "1 
No.  13.  / 

The  following  appointmeut  on  the  Division  Staff  is  hereby  announced  to 
take  effect  from  the  24th  instant : 

Edward  Mitchell  to  be  Judge  Advocate  with  the  rank  of  Lieutenant- 
Colonel,  vice  Sheldon,  vacated. 

He  will  be  obeyed  and  respected  accordingly. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  Gen' I  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD  STATE  OF  NEW   YORK, 

155  AND  157  Mkrceu  Strket, 

New  York,   March  2'2d,   1881. 


Circular. 


Referring  to  the  Circular  issued  fi-om  these  Head-Quarters  under  date  of 
November  30,  1880,  announcing  the  ofler  by  Major  D.  B.  Williamson,  Judge 
Advocate  3d  Brigade  StaflF,  of  a  gold  badge  to  be  presented  to  the  non-com- 
missioned officer  or  private  in  this  Division  who  shall  have  obtained  the 
greatest  number  of  recruits  (either  by  new  enlistments  or  re-enlistments) 
between  the  1st  day  of  December,  1880,  and  the  1st  day  of  April,  1881,  the 
following  form  of  return  is  hereby  prescribed : 

First — Between  the  first  and  fifth  days  of  April,  1881,  the  several 
company  commanders  shall  report  to  their  respective  regi- 
mental commanders  the  number  of  recruits  obtained  be- 
tween December  1,  1880,  and  April  1,  1881,  either  by  new 
enlistments  or  re-enlistments,  together  with  the  names  of 
the  non-commissioned  officers  and  privates  by  whom  they 
were  recruited  and  the  dates  of  signing  the  enlistment  pa- 
pers;  with  these  returns  shall  be  forwarded  the  original 
enlistment  papers  which  will  be  returned  after  it  has  been 
ascertained  who  is  entitled  to  the  badge.  In  the  case  of 
batteries  the  report  and  enlistment  papers  will  be  sent  to 
these  Head-Quarters. 
Second — Each  regimental  commander  shall  on  or  before  the  10th 
day  of  April,  1881,  forward  to  these  Head-Quarters,  through 
the  head-quarters  of  his  brigade,  the  name  of  the  non-com- 
missioned officer  or  private  in  his  regiment  who  has  ob- 
tained the  greatest  number  of  recruits  with  the  dates  of 
signing  the  enlistment  papers,  together  with  such  enlist- 
ment papers. 

The  word  "recruit"  is  understood  to  mean  for  tliis 
purpose,  one  who  has  actually  signed  the  enlistment  or 
re-enlistment  paper  between  the  1st  day  of  December. 
1880,  and  the  1st  day  of  April,  1881. 

In  case  an  equal  number  have  been  recruited  bj'  two 
or  more  non-commissioned  officers  or  j)rivates  in  a  regi- 
ment or  battery  the  reports  will  include  tlieir  names  and 
the  enlistment  papers  pertaining  to  all  such  will  be  for- 
warded therewith. 

The  result  and  award  will  be  announced  when  determined. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexandku  Shai.er. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  GerCl  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD   STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 
155  AND  157  Mercer  Street, 

New  York,   May  9th,   1881. 


Circular. 


The  returns  received  in  response  to  the  circular  of  March  22d,  1881 
from  these  Head-quarters,  upon  which  the  award  of  the  Gold  Badge  offered 
by  Major  D.  B.  Williamson,  .Judge  Advocate,  3d  Brigade,  to  the  non  com- 
missioned officer  or  private  of  this  Division  who  shall  be  found  to  have  ob- 
tained the  greatest  number  of  recruits  during  the  period  beginning  with 
December  1st,  1880  and  ending  with  the  olst  day  of  March,  1881,  was  de- 
pendent, show  the  following  result . 

First  Sergeant  D.  B.  Harrison.  Co.  "A,"  71st  Regiment  Infantry  ob- 
tained thirty-three  (  33 )  recruits. 

Private  David  Nagle,  Co.  "I,"  69th  Regiment  Infantry  obtained  four- 
teen ( 14)  recruits. 

First  Sergeant  David  Wilson,  Battery  "E,"'  obtained  four  (4)  recruits. 

Sergeant  Frederick  Britton,  Co.  "  E,"  2'2d  Regiment  Infantry  obtained 
three  ( 3  )  recruits. 

Major  Williamson  therefore  awards  the  prize  to  First  Sergeant  D.  B.  Har- 
rison, Co.  "A,"  71st  Regiment,  and  will  present  the  same  to  him  in  the 
presence  of  the  regiment  on  Monday  evening  the  ItJth  instant  at  8  o'clock 
at  its  armory. 

The  Commanding  Officer  71st  Regiment  Infantry  will  assemble  his  com- 
mand at  the  time  and  place  named,  for  that  purpose. 

The  Division  Staff  will  be  present,  and  the  Commanding  Officer  of  the  od 
Brigade  and  Staff  are  invited  to  attend,  in  citizen's  dress. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  Gen' I  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


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HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 
155  ANT)  157  Mercer  Street, 

New  York,   May  19th,  1881. 


Circular. 


The  following  communication  relating  to  the  presentation  and  unveiling 
of  the  Farragut  Statue  has  been  received  at  these  Head-quarters : 

"New  York.  May  17th,   1881. 
"  General  : 

"  I  have  the  honor  of  forwarding  to  you  the  following  ex- 
"  tract  from  the  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  of  the  Executive  Committee  of 
"the   "  Farragut  Monument  Association  of  New  York:" 


"  On  motion  of  Mr.  Cisco  it  was 

^'Resolved,  That  the  Chief  itarshal,  General  Lloyd  Aspinwall,  be  author- 
"  ized  to  communicate  witli  tlie  ^lujur-Gcnerals  of  the  First  and  Second  L'lvis- 
"  ions  National  Guard  State  of  New  Yorlv,  and  invite  them  to  represent  their 
'■  respective  commands,  together  with  all  the  uKninted  officers  attached  to  such 
"  commands,  on  the  occasion  of  the  unveiling  and  presentation  to  the  City  of 
"  New  York  of  the  Statue  of  the  late  AdmiralFARRAGUT,  by  the  Farragut  Mon- 
"  ument  Association. 

"  E.  D.  MORGAN, 
"  Chas.  H.  Marshall,  Chairman. 

Secretary." 
*  *  *  *  *  * 

"  I  sincerely  trust  that  you,  accompanied  by  the  officers  of  your  coni- 
"  mand,  will  accept  and  be  present  (  mounted  ).  The  unveiling  and  presen- 
"  tation  of  the  Farragut  Monument  will  take  place  on  Wednesday,  the  25th 
"instant,  and  at  about  half-past  three,  p.  m. 

"  Upon  receipt  of  your  reply,  I  will  have  the  pleasure  of  further  commu- 
"  nicating  with  you. 

"  I  remain, 

"  Your.s  respectfully, 

(Signed,)  "  LLOYD    ASPINWALL. 

•'Maj.-Gen'l  ALEXANDER  SHALER,  '' Chief  Marshal. 

"  Commanding  1st  Division  N.  (J.  S.  N.  Y., 

"  New  York." 

The  invitation  has  been  accepted  by  the  Division  Commander  on  behalf  of 
the  mounted  officers  of  the  Division,  in  the  belief  that  they  will  gladly  em- 
brace tlie  opportunity  to  honor  the  memory  of  our  distinguished  naval  hero. 

The  Division  Staff  and  Battery  Officers  will  assemble  at  the  "  Rendez- 


vous"  (Nos.  7-11  West  loth  street),  at  2  o'clock,  p.  m.,  and  Brigade  Com- 
manders will  assemble  their  Staffs  and  the  mounted  officers  of  their  Brigades 
at  5th  avenue  and  -tSth  street  at  3  o'clock,  p.  m.,  on  tlie  'lay  designated, 
mounted  and  in  full  uniform.  All  to  act  in  conjunction  with  the  mounted 
officers  of  the  2d  Division,  as  escort  to  the  Hon.  William  H.  Hunt,  Secretary 
of  the  Navy. 

The  line  of  march  will  be  down  5th  avenue  to  Madison  Square,  where, 
after  tlie  unveiling  exercises  liave  been  completed,  a  marching  salute  will  be 
paid  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 


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HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE. 

Colonel,  A.  A.  Gen' I  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD   STATE  OF  NKW   YORK, 
155  AND  157  Mkrokr  Street. 


New  York,    February  23,   1882. 


General  Orders, 
No.  1. 


Pursuant  to  Section  285  of  the  Military  Coile,  a  Court  Martial  is  hereby 
ordered  for  the  trial  of  the  officers  in  the  several  brigades  above  the  rank 
of  captain,  and  of  all  officers  belonging  to  the  artillery  organizations  of  this 
Division,  who  have  been  returned  as  -'absent  from  any  parade,  encampment, 
drill  or  meeting  for  instruction,"  Jield  pursuant  to  orders  during  the  year 
1881. 

Detail  kor  the  Court: 

Colonel  S.  V.  R.  Ceuger,  12th  Regiment. 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Appleton  D.  Palmer,  Tlst  Regiment. 
Major  Wm.   DeL.  Bouohton,  A.  D.  C,  1st  Division. 

The  Court  will  assemble  at  the  "Rendezvous"  (Nos.  7,  9  and  11  West 
13th  street),  on  Thursday,  March  16th,  1882,  at  8  o'clock,  p.  m. 

Ry  order  of  Major-CJeneral   Alexander  Shaler. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  Gen' I  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


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HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK. 
155  AND  157  Mercer  Street, 

New  York,  May  lOtli,  1882. 

Gexkral  Orders,  ) 
No.  2.  '  \ 

I.  The  Division  will  parade  on  the  30th  instant,  in  participation  of 
the  ceremonies  of  Decoration  Day,  and  as  escort  to  the  Grand  Army 
of  the  Republic  and  other  organizations  parading  under  the  direction  of 
the  Grand  Marshal. 

II.  The  formation  will  be  in  close  columns,  the  heads  resting  on 
Fifth  Avenue,  as  follows  : 

First  Brigade  on  West  olst  Street. 

First  ancf  Second  Batteries  on  West  50th  Street. 

Second  Brigade  on  West  4ftth  Street. 

III.  The  Division  will  move  in  the  order  above  given,  in  column. 
at  9.30  o'clock  A.  M.,  down  Fifth  Avenue  to  the  Worth  Monument, 
where  the  honors  of  a  marching  salute  will  be  rendered,  and  continu- 
ing the  march  down  Fifth  Avenue  to  14th  Street,  to  and  around  Union 
Square,  to  and  through  Broadway  to  Canal  Street,  where  the  parade 
will  be  dismissed  ;  the  several  organizations  directing  their  march  in 
such  a  manner  as  not  to  impede  the  march  of  the  rear  of  the  column  or 
to  unneccessarily  olistruct  lines  of  street  car  travel. 

IV.  The  Division  Staff  will  assemble  mounted  and  in  full  uniform, 
at  No.  7  West  13th  Street,  at  8  o'clock  A.  M. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shai.er, 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEfVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  Geu'l  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


//         ' 


HEADQUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK 
155  AND  157  Mercer  Street, 

New  York,  May  25th,  1882. 

General  Orders,  } 
No.  3.  f 

I.— The  rifle  practice  of  this  Division  at  Creedmoor  for  the  season  of 
1882,  will  be  conducted  as  follows: 

No  two  or  more  regiments  or  detachments  from  different  regi- 
ments will  occupy  tlie  range  on  the  same  da}-,  imless  in  Second 
General  Practice,  and  then  permission  must  be  previously  obtained 
from  these  Head-quarters  authorizing  a  change  in  this  regulation. 

Commandants  will  rigidly  require  first  general  practice  of  their 
entire  commands,  excepting  musicians  Avho  are  not  allowed  to 
practice .  subject  to  the  penalty  provided  in  the  ^lilitary  Code  for 
delinquency ;  but  may  excuse  such  members  as  afterward  volun- 
tarily, and  without  expense  to  the  State,  perform  the  duty  in- 
cluding tiring  in  ranks. 

Practice  in  matches  is  not  considered  equivalent.  Those  who 
are  present  at  lirst  general  practice  will  not  be  required  to  perform 
further  lield  duty  as  riflemen. 

Companies  which  fail  to  parade  at  least  50  per  cent,  of  their 
strength  for  field  rifle  practice  will  be  published  in  orders  as 
delinquent. 
II. — Transportation  for  the  day  of  first  general  practice  onl}',  will  be 
provided  for  each  officer,  non-commissioned  oflicer  and  soldier 
present  for  practice  on  such  day. 

Ammunition  will  lie  limited  to  thirty  rounds  for  each  officer, 
non-commissioned  officer  and  soldier  enrolled  as  per  the  quarterly 
returns  for  quarter  ending  March  31st,  1882. 

Requisitions  for  transportation  and  ammunition  must  be  made 
on  and  forwarded  directly  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  New  York 
City. 

CLASSIFICATION. 

III. — The  classification  and  order  of  practice  will  be  the  same  as 
in  1881,  and  as  prescribed  in  G.  O.  No.  10,  c.  s.  A.  G.  O.  A 
score  of  forty  or  upward  in  the  first  class  constitutes  a  sharp- 
shooter. 

SECOND   GENERAL   PRACTICE. 

IV. — When  an  entire  command  has  liad  opportunity  for  first  gen- 
eral practice  the  commandant  may,  in  his  discretion,  witli  the 
approval  of  tlie  Division  Commander,  fix  a  subsequent  day  or  days 


for  voluntary  general  practice,  without  additional  expense  to  the 
State.  Those  present  will  practice  in  the  classes  to  which  they 
respectively  belong.  In  other  respects  the  tour  of  duty  will  be 
identical  with  that  prescribed  for  tirst  general  practice  daj',  in- 
cluding firing  in  ranks. 

C4ENERAL   REGULATIONS. 

V. — Practice  in  Matches. — Scores  made  (in  any  class)  at  a  regular  Rifle 
Association  match,  observing  the  full  military  conditions  includ- 
ing uniform,  and  approved  by  the  General  Inspector  of  Rifle 
Practice ,  will  be  recognized  as  official.  Such  practice  however 
must  be  without  expense  to  the  State. 

Wooden  targets  will  be  used  for  volley  and  file  firing.  Iron 
targets  must  not  be  used  for  this  practice. 

Surgeons. — Commandants  will  in  all  cases  detail  a  surgeon  to 
accompany  any  party  ordered  out  for  rifle  practice,  and  the  duty 
should  not  proceed  without  the  presence  of  a  competent  medical 
officer, 

Inspection  of  Practice. — Brigade  Inspectors  of  Rifle  Practice 
will  inspect  the  practice  for  the  marksman's  decoration  (except  in 
authorized  matches),  and  Brigade  or  Regimental  Inspectors  the 
class  shooting  in  their  respective  organizations,  and  certify  the 
returns.  Organizations  having  no  inspector  of  rifle  practice 
immediately  attached,  will  be  inspected  by  the  brigade  or  division 
inspector. 

An  inspector  who  is  not  able  to  be  personally  present  on  any 
occasion  of  duty  will  so  report  to  his  commanding  officer,  who 
will  then  detail  a  competent  officer  to  act  in  his  stead. 

The  powers  and  authority  of  rifle  inspectors  in  the  field  will  be 
duly  respected  V)y  all  concerned,  and  enforced  by  the  command- 
ing officer  on  duty. 

In  regular  i)ractice  each  enlisted  man  will  shoot  with  the  piece 
issued  by  the  Ordnance  Department  of  the  State  and  brought  bj'- 
him  on  the  ground,  unless  the  same  is  condemned  for  actual  de- 
fects by  an  inspector  of  rifle  practice  In  that  case  the  man  may 
shoot  with  the  nearest  approved  piece  in  the  ranks,  and  the  one 
condemned  will  be  returned  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  for  repairs 
or  exchange. 

Class  Firing  and  Scoring. — All  members  of  the  National  Guard 
must  shoot  through  the  regular  classes,  and  are  prohibited  from 
shooting  for  a  second  or  higher  score  in  a  class  in  which  they 
have  already  qualified.  The  record  must  stand  upon  the  firs't 
qualifying  score  made. 

No  score  by  officer  or  enlisted  man  will  be  recognized  unless 
made  at  a  target  to  which  he  has  been  regularly  assigned,  and 
where  his  name  has  been  previously  entered  on  a  score  blank. 

In  regular  class  practice  no  officer  or  enlisted  man  will  be  per- 
mitted to  fire  more  than  five  shots  consecutivel}'  at  any  one  dis- 
tance,  except  the  necessary  sighting  shots  to  ascertain  elevation, 
windage  and  the  condition  of  pieces,  whicii  may  be  fired  by 
officers  or  well  instructed  men  under  the  inspection  or  approval 
of  an  Inspector  of  Rifle  Practice.  Trial  practice  between  classes 
is  forbidden. 


Officers. — A  sufficient  number  of  commissioned  officers  must 
accompany  all  parties  for  ritie  practice  to  command  and  instruct 
the  men.  At  least  one  company  officer  will  be  present  with  anj' 
part  of  his  company  on  duty,  and  a  field  officer  will  take  command 
of  all  detachments  of  two  or  more  companies.  An  officer  is  not 
•exempt  from  duty  as  such  because  he  has  completed  his  own 
rifle  practice. 

For  the  sake  of  discipline,  commissioned  officers  will  make 
their  own  scores  on  targets  especially  assigned  them,  or  on  the 
■company  targets,  before  the  men  come  to  the  firing  points. 

The  responsibility  of  officers  on  the  range  is  very  great.  They 
will  not  allow  their  own  shooting  to  interfere  with  their  first 
duty  in  instructing  the  men.  Good  officers  will  be  theoretically 
proficient  in  the  use  of  the  rifle  and  able  to  apply  armory  instruc- 
tion in  the  field.  The  men  will  be  instructed  as  much  as  possible 
while  waiting  their  turns  to  shoot,  and  will  have  their  sights 
blackened  and  the  correct  elevation  and  windage  given  them  be- 
fore going  to  the  firing  points.  Inspectors  of  Rifle  Practice  will 
report  to  their  commandants  officers  w^ho  neglect  or  are  incom- 
petent to  properly  instruct  the  men  under  their  charge. 

Records.— T\\Q  blanks  and  books  for  record  of  rifle  practice 
[which, with  the  exception  of  score  cards,  will  be  issued  through 
Division  Head-quarter.s]  must  be  kept  written  up,  and  must  be 
written  in  ink,  including  the  original  score  blanks.  Alterations  in 
score  blanks  can  only  be  made  under  certificate  of  an  Inspector 
of  Rifle  Practice.  The  "Company  Classification  Roll"  will  be 
conspicuously  displayed  in  company  rooms. 

Close  of  Practice. — The  practice  for  the  season  will  close  on 
October  15th,  and  no  scores  made  after  that  date  will  be  re- 
cognized, The  full  reports  of  rifle  practice  from  minor  organiza- 
tions will  be  made  to  the  Brigade  Commander  on  or  before  Nov- 
ember 1st;  of  Brigades,  to  the  Division  Commander  on  or  before 
November  15th. 

VI. — The  several  organizations  of  this  Division  will  practice  at  Creed- 
moor  on  the  days  below  assigned : 

7th  Regiment,  on June  8th. 

71st  "  "      9th. 

11th  "  "    16th. 

12th         "  "    19th. 

8th         "  "    28d. 

22d  "  "    26th. 

2d    Battery  "  29th. 

9th  Regiment,  on    July  1:5th. 

69th         '•  "     20th. 

VII. — The  following  dates  are  available  for  second  general  i)ractice 
for  such  organizations  as  may  desire  to  make  such  practice,  but  per- 
mission to  use  any  day  or  days  must  first  be  obtained  from  these  Head- 
quarters : 

July  21st,  24th,  28th  and  81st;  August  3d,  lOlh,  11th,  14th,  24th, 

2Sth  and  31st,   (for  2d  Battery  only  on  August   31st);  Sei)tember 

8th,  18th,  21st,  25tli  and  29th;  ()ctol)er  5th,  6tli,  9th  and  12th. 

VIII.— Commanding  officers  will  make  the  necessary  details  for  guard 

duty  and  give  such  instructions  as  will  insure  good  order  and  discipline 


in  going  to,  returning  from  and  while  on  the  range,  which  instructions 
Avill  embrace  that  part  of  the  range  assigned  to  the  use  of  the  troops,  but 
must  not  interfere  with  the  privileges  of  the  members  of  the  National 
Rifle  Association  who  have  at  all  times  the  right  to  enter  within  the 
range  and  use  any  portion  of  it  not  occupied  by  the  troops. 

IX. — Troops  will  leave  Long  Island  City  by  train  at  8  a.  m.  (34th 
street  ferry  New  York,  15  minutes  earlier),  and  return  at  such  hour  as 
may  be  designated  by  the  commanding  officer,  who  will  communicate  to 
the  General  Passenger  Agent  of  the  Long  Island  Railroad  the  hour  at 
which  he  desires  his  command  to  leave  the  range. 

X. — In  case  at  the  hour  of  assembly  the  weather  should  be  stormy, 
or  of  a  nature  so  threatening  that  in  the  judgment  of  the  commanding 
officer  the  practice  ordered  for  the  day  cannot  be  carried  out,  he  may 
countermand  the  order  for  practice  on  such  day,  but  must  immediately 
notify  the  General  Passenger  Agent  of  the  Long  Island  Railroad  and  the 
Superintendent  of  the  Range  at  Creedmoor  of  such  action,  and  will  alsa 
report  the  same  to  the  Brigade  and  Division  Head-quarters  in  order  that 
another  day  may  be  assigned  to  his  command  to  complete  its  practice. 

XI. — Brigade  commanders  will  issue  without  delay  the  necessary  or- 
ders for  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  this  order,  a  copy  of  which,  a& 
well  as  of  the  regimental  or  battery  orders  issued  in  pursuance  hereof, 
will  be  forwarded  immediately  after  issue,  to  Lieutenant-Colonel  E.  H. 
Sanford,  Division  Inspector  of  Rifle  Practice,  157  Maiden  Lane,  New 
York. 


By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shalek, 


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HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  Gen'l  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 
155  and  157  Mercer  Street, 

New  York,  June  23d  1882. 


General  Orders. 

No.  4. 


The  following  appointments  and  promotions  are  hereby  announced  to 
take  effect  from  this  date : 

Major  AVm.  De  Lancey  Boughton,  A.D.C,  to  be  Ordnance  Officer, 
with  the  rank  of  Lieutenant-Colonel,  vice  Post  resigned. 

Captain  John  R.  Andrews,  A.  D.  C,  to  be  Aid-de-Camp  with  the 
rank  of  Major,  vice  Boijghton,  appointed  Ordnance  Officer 

First  Lieutenant  Lawson  B.  Bell,  supernumerary,  (formerly  A.D.C. 
to  Brig.  Gen'l  Vilmar,  3d  Brigade),  to  be  Aid-deCamp  with  the  rank 
of  Captain. 

They  will  be  obeyed  and  respected  accordingly. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Siialer, 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  Oen'l  and  Chief  of  Staff. 

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HEAD  QUAKTEKS  FIK8T  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 

New  Youk,  July  25lh,  1882. 
Genkkal  Okders / 
No.   5.  \ 

I.— The  death  of  Brigadier-General  Joshua  M.  Vakian,  late  Com- 
raaudaut  of  the  Second  Brigade,  which  occurred  on  the  24th  instant,  is 
regretfully  announced  to  the  Division. 

General  Varian's  long  career  in  the  National  Guard  may  be  briefly 
summarized  as  follows  :  He  enlisted  as  private  in  the  First  Troop 
Washington  Greys  3d  Regiment,  1st  Brigade,  on  October  24th,  1844  ; 
was  elected  First  Lieutenant  on  ]March  28th,  1845  ;  Captain  in  the  8th 
Regiment,  3d  Brigade,  on  August  12th,  1847  ;  Colonel  of  the  8th 
Regiment,  3d  Brigade,  on  December  4th,  1861,  and  Brigadier-General 
of  the  3d  Brigade  on  November  20th,  1866,  in  which  capacity  he  con- 
tinueil  to  serve  (the  3d  Brigade  having  meanwhile  been  designated  as  the 
2d  Brigade)  until  his  resignation,  induced  by  ill  health,  which  was  ac 
cepted  on  February  10th,  1882. 

II. — The  following  organizations  are  detailed  as  the  funeral  escort 
under  the  command  of  Brigadier  General  Wm.  G.  Ward,  First  Brigade  : 

Platoon  of  the  2d  Battery. 
Eighth  Regiment  Infantry. 

They  wnll  report  at  14th  Street  and  7th  Avenue,  at  9.80  o'clock, 
A.  M  ,  on  Thursday.  27th  inst. 

III. — The  following-named  officers  have  been  requested  to  act  as  pall- 
bearers, and  will  assemble,  in  full  uniform,  at  No.  151  West  13th  Street, 
at  9.30  o'clock,  A.  M.  : 

Major-General  Alexander  Shaler, 
Brigadier-General  Daniel  D.  Wylie, 

"  •'        William  H.  Brownell, 

"        Louis  Fitzgerald, 
Colonel  William  Seward,  Jr. 
Lieutenant-Colonel  David  B.  Williamson. 

IV.— Officers  and  organizations  of  the  National  Guard  desiring  to 
take  part  in  the  ceremonies,  are  invited  to  attend  the  funeral,  and  to 
assemble  in  uniform  for  that  purpose,  on  Seventh  Avenue  near  I3tli 
Street,  at  10  o'clock,  A.  M. 

V  —The  remains  will  be  escorted  from  the  late  residence  of  the  de- 
ceased (No.  lol  West  13th  Street),  to  the  Seventh  Avenue  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  between  13th  and  14th  Street,  and  from  thence  to  the 
Ferry  at  the  foot  of  West  23d  Street,  for  interment  in  the  New  York 


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By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Siialeu. 


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HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.   Gen  I  and  (Jhief  of  Staff . 


HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK. 
New  York,  December  16th,  1882. 

Grnerai.  Oudp:rs,  ) 

No.    6.  ^ 

The  foUowiug  appoiutmeut  is  hereby  auuouuced  to  take  effect 
from   this   date: 

Edward  T.  Wood  to  be  Quarter-Master  with  the  rank  of  Lieutenant 
Colonel,  rics  Paine  resigned. 

He  will  be  obeyed  and  respected  accordingly. 

By  Order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler, 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLEEVE, 

Coloml,  A.  A.  Oen'land  Chief  of  Staff. 


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HEAD-QUARTERS  FIRST  DIVISION, 

NATIONAL  GUARD   STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 
155  AND  157  Mkrcer  Street, 

New   York,   January  5th,   1882. 
Circular. 

The  following  communication  from  the  Cliairman  of  the  French  Reception 
Commission  relative  to  tlie  parade  of  the  Division  on  October  6th,  1881,  is 
hereby  promulgated  : 

Office  of  the  French  Reception  Commission, 
( 69  Bible  House, ) 
New  Y'ork,  29th  December,   1881. 
Major-General  SHALER, 

Commanding  First  Division,  N.   G.   S.  N.  Y.  : 
Dear  Sir  : 

By  order  of  the  Commission  appointed  by  His  Excellency  the  Governor, 
to  extend  the  courtesies  of  the  State  to  the  French  Delegation  to  the  York- 
town  Centennial,  I  have  the  honor  to  thank  you  for  the  generous  coopera- 
tion to  carry  out  the  resolutions  of  the  Senate  of  the  State  by  your  tender 
of  a  review  of  the  First  Division  of  the  National  Guard  State  of  New  York, 
in  honor  of  the  distinguished  guests.  His  Excellency  the  Governor  not 
only  sanctioned  the  Review,  but  added  dignity  to  the  same  by  his  own  pres- 
ence accompanied  by  his  staff.  The  extraordinary  international  occasion,  and 
the  beauty  of  the  scene,  as  the  regiments  passed,  after  liaving  been  inspect- 
ed, giving  the  marching  salute,  will  long  be  remembered  by  all  who 
participated  in  and  witnessed  it. 

I  have  been  charged  by  the  French  gentlemen  to  express  their  high  ap- 
preciation of  the  great  honor  thus  extended  to  them,  and  to  compliment  you. 
and  through  you  the  officers  and  men  of  the  Division,  for  their  admirable 
marching,  soldierly  bearing  and  precision  of  movements,  giving  evidence  of 
thorough  drill  and  equipment,  and  of  readiness  for  efiective  duty  when 
called  into  active  service. 

Accept,  my  dear  General,  for  yourself  and  the  members  of  your  staff, 
the  assurances  of  my  high  consideration,  and  believe  me  to  be, 

Very  respectfully  yours, 

JOHN    A.    KING, 

(//lairman. 

By  order  of  Major-General  Alexander  Shaler. 

HENRY  A.  GILDERSLI':i<:VE, 

Colonel,  A.  A.  Gen' I  and  C kief  of  Staff. 


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